Room Dehumidifiers vs. Dampp-Chaseranother reply

[pianoman]

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> From: Vanderhoofven <dkvander@clandjop.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Room Dehumidifiers vs. Dampp-Chaser
> Date: Tuesday, August 19, 1997 6:11 PM
> 
> At 12:54 PM 8/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
> > AGAIN, the room DH can be easily hooked to a hose and run through a
wall,
> >out of the house.  There is no scum, etc.  The Room DH has a humidistat
> >just like the Dampp Chase does and will shut off when it gets too dry. 
> >Louisiana's heat index has been in the 110+ range with 90+ RH and my
room
> >DH kicks on very seldom and keeps my shop (18'x24') at 48%RH (or
whatever I
> >set it at).  Both have advantages and disadvantages.  The adding of
water
> >is a hassle for the Dampp Chaser.  Would a room DH REALLY cost MORE than
> >TWO complete systems???  I don't know.
> >Lance Lafargue, RPT
> >New Orleans Chapter
> >Covington, LA.
> >lafargue@iamerica.net
> 
> True, a room dehumidifier would cost less than two complete Dampp-Chaser
> systems.  You also are right about the room dehumidifier having a
> humidistat, but I wonder how accurate it is.  When you mention that a
> dehumidifier could be attached to a hose through the wall, my mind
conjures
> up images of a green garden hose snaking it's way through the house
amidst
> the expensive pianos, fancy china, wall to wall carpeting and objets
d'art.
>  I realize that a garden hose is not what you meant.  But if the
> dehumidifier needs to be connected to a drain hose, then Mr. and Mrs.
John
> Q. Customer is going to have to pay a plumber big bucks to install a
drain
> hose that leads into the house plumbing.  If you add in the cost of the
> extra plumbing work, that makes the room dehumidifier more expensive all
of
> a sudden.
> 
> Both a room dehumidifier and a Dampp-Chaser System would probably work,
and
> they both have good and bad points.
> 
> Sincerely,
> David
> 
> 
> David A. Vanderhoofven, RPT
> Joplin, Missouri, USA        
> e-mail:  dkvander@clandjop.com
Dear All,
I am still partial to a room de-humidifier somply because you are treating
the instrument and the surroundings that it is in.  I am very afraid of
just treating the inside of an instrument with one humidity level and the
outside with another.
James Grebe
pianoman@inlink.com
> 
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