Dampp-Chaser Concerns

[David Skolnik]

Rick -

I'm assuming you used a 50 watt system.  They do get hot enough to 
hurt.  There are optional dehumidifier rods:
48" x 35 or 25 watts, or 36" x 38 watts.  Maybe one of these would work as 
well without getting as hot.

David Skolnik



At 10:17 PM 3/21/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>I recently installed a 7-part 2 tank system into a Bosendorfer 7ft. The
>client called and is concerned that the system is drying out his piano. He
>thinks that heater bars are too hot (he says they are too hot to touch for
>even a few seconds). He mounted a hygrometer under the soundboard for a few
>hours and says it is reading 35%. Has anyone ever had problems with a system
>malfunctioning and demolishing a piano? The client has since unplugged the
>system until I can get out there to look at it, but I don't really know what
>to look for.
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>
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>Does anyone have any ideas or comments?
>
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>
>Rick Cromwell
>
>Cromwell's Piano Service
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