This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Jurgen, I dehumidify my shop with a basement-type dehumidifier (1,000 square = feet - oh gosh, what would that be for people on a sensible measurement = system, maybe 92 square meters?). My first dehumidifier had a humidistat that worked very poorly (Sears = dehumidifier with a conventional dial-type humidistat). The humidistat = was useless. Then I bought a Sears dehumidifier with an electronic humidistat. The = thing worked great for several years until the coils or something = crapped out. I wanted to replace it with the same unit, but because we had just had 4 = hurricanes blast through the area, Sears was out of them. So I bought a = Bonaire unit with an electronic humidistat. The thing dehumidifies = great, but the humidistat works like crap. Useless. It's like the thing = is isolated from the environment. A few years ago I ran my first Sears dehumidifier off a DC H2 = humidistat. That setup is right at the limit of the capacity of the H2. = DC folks told me that such a setup could indeed burn out the unit (I = think it is the startup of the unit). It worked fine for me, but I = wouldn't recommend it - longevity may be a question. I would however recommend a Sears dehumidifier with an electronic = humidistat. They really work well. I was so very happy with my unit. Terry Farrell I have a client with a 7' Kawai grand in a basement studio. The = Relative Humidity is always on the high side (60%). I urged him to = monitor the humidity with an electronic hygrometer and to get a = dehumidifier. He did this, however the controller on the dehumidifier in very = inaccurate. With the controller set at 40%, it cut out when the = humidity is still above 60%. The manufacturer told him they are all not = precise. He has searched for higher end units, but even the = manufacturers of these do not guarantee the precision of their = controllers. I would prefer to control the environment in the studio because it = "should" be a straight forward thing to do. I feel a Piano Life Saver = System will simply always be fighting the higher humidity in the room. I have thought of using a Piano Life Saver humidistat to control a = simple room de-humidifier. Would this work? Would he need a relay = between the humidistat and the de-humidifier? Any thoughts, and especially experiences, welcome. Jurgen Goering www.pianofortesupply.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/84/65/f0/72/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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