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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Oh my god, what have I done !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I hope my board gets back to normal. I stopped the drying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The fun is that with my equipment, I was sure I would never get
it dry enough.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Again, not so.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>The fact is that sometimes the humidity in my room gets as low
as 28 % in the worse winter days (while climbing up to 60% in the wettest
summer). I thought that 20 % was just right to eliminate any risk of crack in
the winter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>I will ask Ciresa (who built the board) all the data about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> Best regards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Stéphane Collin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>the board is completely flat, and the “dead” corner (beyond the
dumb bar) begins to show reverse crown. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Stephane ....my friend...This is roughly
3.6 ish E.M.C This is extremely dry & cell damage will
occur quickly in a humid climate. Ask me how I know?</span></b></em><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>What
is your e.m.c. at the time the ribs are pressed. Are the
ribs crowned. All this is relevant to your questions. It sounds like
the board was compression crowned</span></strong></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <em><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>It's
Probably too dry if its' reverse crowning. You need a simple temp.
& humidity gauge inside your box to track where the board is at with
it's E.M.C. content ( equilibrium moisture Content). </span></b></em></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> In conjunction with a
simple chart that correlates the temp/humidity to the emc gives you a close
idea where the moisture content is at any time.</span></i></strong><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><em><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Really important!!!!!!!</span></u></em><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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