600 AMPS! Wow! 600 watts maybe... dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/13/01 at 5:45 PM Farrell wrote: >> It is alright to parallel, 2 or 3 rods from the same humidistat. > >Or a bunch more! The H2 Humidistat is rated up to 600 amps. I have been >running a 650 amp dehumidifier off a H2 Humidistat in my shop for two years >now - works just fine. > >Terry Farrell > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Ross" <piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 5:06 PM >Subject: Re: help please asap > > >> Hi Terry, >> They will both feel hot to the hand. I don't believe, yours or my hands, >are >> calibrated to be able to feel the difference. >> I am not sure, but it could be that just different lengths of the >resistive >> element, are used, inside the tubes. So maybe they are just working with >2 >> or 3 different resistive elements, and the length is what determines the >> wattage of the 7 or 8 different wattages they use. >> It is alright to parallel, 2 or 3 rods from the same humidistat. >> Regards, >> John M. Ross >> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada >> piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com> >> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:51 AM >> Subject: help please asap >> >> >> > Today I installed a D.C. 25W (short length for rear of piano) & 48" 50W >in >> a >> > small Grand, hooked up to a "H-2" hunidistat. this is the first time I >'ve >> > installed a dual heater bar system on a Grand, and I was somewhat >> surprised >> > that the two dehumidifier rods were actually "hot" to the touch. Maybe >> > because the highest wattage i've installed previously has been only up >to >> > 25W, and only ONE in uprights. >> > >> > Should the two rods feel hot to the touch? We're not talkin >> > hot enough to burn your hand, but hot. They BOTH rods feel equally hot, >> even >> > though one is only 25W, while the other, 48" rod is 50W. I'm also used >an >> > "add-in" so i could run both rods off the one humidistat. I'd really >> > appreciate your prompt feedback on this matter. Thanks! >> > >> > Terry Peterson >> > Precision Piano Service >> > Torrance, CA >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >> > >> > >> > >> David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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