Protecting plain wire from rust

Don pianotuna at yahoo.com
Sun Mar 26 20:09:25 MST 2006


Hi Geoff,

Perhaps the unit with the "dry" humidistat would be a better choice. 

Once rust starts the very best that is possible is to slow it down. Rusting
is a chemical reaction and for every ten degree Celsius that the
temperature is raised the speed of the reaction will double.

Un hook the light panel and place it so it can not be seen.

At 04:30 PM 3/26/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>request. I'm not so sure this was a good idea in that after replacement to
>the new "smart" DC the rusting appeared to accelerate. I checked the DC and
>it is installed correctly and is working as I believe it should. However, I
>think there are some environment things working against it. The piano sits
>under a forced air heater duct, and about 6' away from a sliding glass door
>into the back yard. Additionally, she only lives a couple of miles from the
>beach and the humidity in the area is generally higher than the rest of LA.
>I unplugged the humidifier part of the DC and that appears to have helped
>the rusting. I'm thinking that an overly dry room right next to a the
>outside humidity was causing the humidifier to work harder than desirable
>for the environment. Next visit I may just unplug the whole thing from the
>wall. I don't think the de-humidifier is necessary in that room, and
>besides, she complains about the blinking lights from the disconnected, (and
>now dry), humidifier.
>
>-- Geoff Sykes

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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