[pianotech] hot box dimensions

[David Love]

A little more firepower there.  I'm a bit too paranoid to have something
generating that much heat.  I use 5 DC rods and with a bit of insulation it
gets to 80f/30% pretty quickly and I think would easily go higher if I
dialed the humidistat down farther.  I think the box I use is a bit smaller
than yours though.  Mine won't hold a D board (up to a B) so when that
happens I've got to concoct something a bit different.  My summer RH, btw,
is similar though for different reasons.  You have heat and humidity, I have
fog.


David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 8:08 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] hot box dimensions

David Love wrote:
>I suppose had I used a
> more high powered heater that might not have been necessary. 

I think that's exactly the case. Mine is fired with an oil 
filled radiator, which has a considerably higher BTU output 
than a couple of Dampp-Chaser heater rods. In your case, 
insulation kept the little available heat in the box. It also 
has a hard time generating the temperature differential 
necessary to take the MC down to 6% when the summer RH% is 
over 70. It takes 110°F for 24 over hours to get there.

Ron N