higher level of humidity (was: glue on bridge pins.)

[Don]

Hi Ed,

With the bottom cover moving it closer to the element is not a wise idea.
There tends to be too much build up over time of humidity "in" the board.

At 02:08 PM 10/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Don-
>
>The humidistat will respond sooner when it is closer to the system
element.  To
>create higher humidity, put it closer to the heating rod, further from the
tank,
>so the rod runs shorter and the tank runs longer.  For lower humidity, put it
>further from the rods and closer to the tank.
>
>You could run a strip of velco along a beam or rim, and adjust the
humidity by
>moving the humidistat.
>
>It is a "pulsing" system, so the humidity will always be highest near the
tank,
>and lowest near the rods.  I don't see what problem could occur by taking
>advantage of this to produce the higher humidity you want.  If wrong, I will
>surely be corrected!
>
>Ed Sutton
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
>To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 7:37 PM
>Subject: Re: higher level of humidity (was: glue on bridge pins.)
>
>
>> Hi Ed,
>>
>> Not much -- not with a bottom cover. I'm wanting a change of 8 to 12 %.
>> Also with the bottom cover humidistat placement should be 12 inches from
>> the bucket (I think that's the number).
>>
>> At 09:08 PM 10/10/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Don wrote:
>> >> Tonal impact over all in my climate (4% to 84%) is quite dramatically in
>> >> favor of the DamppChaser units. It takes about a year for the unit to
>> >> really stabilize the soundboard, with a bottom cover in use. The bottom
>> >> cover is a form of speaker cloth so there is little loss of power
from it.
>> >> I'd love to see an adjustable controller so a person could dial in a
higher
>> >> level of humidity for tonal reasons.
>> >>
>> >
>> >Don-
>> >What would happen if you moved the humidistat to a corner far from the
>> tank, but
>> >close to a heating rod?
>> >Ed
>> >
>> >
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>> Regards,
>> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
>>
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Regards,
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