[CAUT] Dampp-Chaser component issues

[Mark Cramer]

Hi Alan, 

 

the *silver-bullet* seems to be a combination of tying off the humidistat
cord so it hangs only to floor length, and meeting it with an extension cord
threaded through a length of flexible clear tubing. (1" o/d)

 

BTW, anyone who still believes in the "Mozart effect* has obviously never
witnessed a fourth-year performance major trying to roll an SD-10 over a
one-inch thick flexible plastic tube. ;>)

 

best regards,

Mark Cramer, RPT

Brandon University

 

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Sent: November 5, 2008 3:09 PM
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Subject: [CAUT] Dampp-Chaser component issues

 

We have come up against two problems with the components of our Dampp-Chaser
systems.   

 

One is damage to the power cords by stage dollies when the piano is mounted
on one and gets moved around at all.  The problem is that the ac power cords
get run over by the dollies. Over time, the insulation of the cords become
worn enough that the copper wire itself becomes exposed or, worse yet, the
cords become severed. Our school's safety policy prohibits taping of exposed
wire or splicing and taping a severed cord, and it doesn't look like there
is a consumer-feasible way to replace the cord, requiring replacement of the
humidistat (which is lots of $$$, considering it is really a cord-related
problem). 

 

Does anyone know of something in which the power cords can be encased, so as
to leave them flexible, yet make them more impervious to the effects of
being run over by the wheels of the stage dollies?  Or is there a way to
replace the power cord without "compromising" the housing of the humidistat?


 

The other problem is what to do when the rivet that holds the low-water
warning light probe in place gives up the ghost and no longer does it's job.
Has anyone else out there run into this and developed a reliable fix? 

 

Thanks,

 

Alan Eder

 

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