Dampp-Chaser Partial Systems (Correction)

[John Ross]

In writing it I got it wrong. The heater/dehumidifier
bar was plugged into the humidifier socket. Obviously
since I couldn't write what I meant, I can see where
the tech could go wrong. :-(
Sorry for the confusion.
Regards
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: <larudee@pacbell.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: Dampp-Chaser Partial Systems


> John,
>
> Perhaps this is a terminology problem, but by
"heater" do you mean
> dehumidifier rod?  If so, that is in fact the
correct item to plug into
> the dehumidifier socket.  There is a short "smart"
heater bar that sits
> above the tank and helps to evaporate the water to
increase the
> humidity.  That bar gets plugged into the humidifier
socket, but from
> your description, that is not the one you are
talking about.
>
> Paul Larudee
>
> John Ross wrote:
>
> > Hi List,
> > I had a customer, who came from S.C., she just had
the
> > humidistat and heater
> > installed. This I can understand, is all that is
> > needed in that climate.
> > However the heater bar was plugged into the
> > de-humidifier socket. It had not
> > been changed since the original installation, as I
had
> > to cut a ty-wrap so that
> > it would reach the proper socket. The humidistat
was
> > attached to the side of
> > the case.
> > She told me the tech had installed lots of them,
and
> > demonstrated to her that
> > it was working, because it was hot.
> > I can only assume that he thought it was
mislabelled.
> > I thought about it and
> > figured that he probably came from an
air-conditioned
> > car, to the house, which
> > wasn't and not realizing the humidistat is slow
> > acting, put it in the only
> > socket which would work.
> > The only other thought is he was one of the 'red
neck'
> > ones we joke about, and
> > didn't know the difference between de-humidifier,
and
> > humidifier :-)
> > Regards,
> > John M. Ross
> > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> > piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
>
>