I just looked in the Grainger catalog on line. Their relay # 2xc2d has a coil rating of 120 volts. Don't say the current but should be minimal (less than 1 amp). Contacts are rated 25 amps @ 120 volts inductive. Price was just under 17 dollars. That should run most anything you can plug into a 20 amp outlet. Carl Meyer PTG assoc Santa Clara, Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Brown" <thepianoman@adelphia.net> To: "'Terry'" <terry@farrellpiano.com>; "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 5:25 AM Subject: RE: Relay for Dampp-Chaser/ Kenmore dehumidifier interface > Hi Terry, > Maybe you could use some type of relay and still use the H-2 to run your > de-humidifier. I am more familiar with DC types but I am sure on could be > found that worked off of an AC control voltage. > Fred Brown RPT > ATL, GA > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry [mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7:19 AM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: Relay for Dampp-Chaser/ Kenmore dehumidifier interface > > And I ran my Sears basement-type room dehumidifier off an H2 humidistat > for > a good while - it seemed to work fine. However, the guy from DC warned > that > using the H2 with a load so close to its maximum for an extended period > like > that could burn it out. He advised against it. Seemed like a good > recommendation to me. > > The newer Kenmore dehumidifiers that have the "electronic humidistat" > feature work very well and keep RH within about 5% of target. I used one > of > those for a couple years with excellent success - until it burned out. > Unfortunately I went looking for a replacement about a week after 5 > hurricanes blasted through Florida last fall and they were on back order. > I > ended up getting another brand that doesn't work nearly as well - it > works, > but needs to be mothered....... :-( > > Terry Farrell > >> Hi Thump, >> >> The damppchaser unit contacts are rated for 15 amps (yes I know it >> doesn't say that), so it will run your Kenmore. >> >> At 08:12 PM 3/8/2005 -0800, you wrote: >> >Dear List, >> > I would like to interface my Kenmore dehumidifier with a >> >Dampp-Chaser humidistat, to control the humidity in my studio. I >> >don't trust the dehumidifier ( it stuck in the "On" position and >> >fried a very nice grand last fall! ) so I want to connect it to a >> >Dampp-Cahser humidistat. Obviously, I need a relay, as the humidistat >> >can't handle the power draw of the Kenmore dehumidifier. >> > Any of you Gizmologists (TM) out there know of an off-the shelf >> >relay that would be good for this? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > Thump >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >__________________________________ >> >Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! >> >Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web >> >http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ >> >_______________________________________________ >> >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > >> > >> >-- >> >No virus found in this incoming message. >> >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.0 - Release Date: 3/8/2005 >> > >> > >> Regards, >> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >> Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat >> >> mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >> >> 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.4 - Release Date: 3/7/2005 > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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