Hi Alan, There is a spiral tubing designed for bike cables that can be wound around cords to protect them. It is available in various colors. Does school policy prevent a new end from being attached to the cord "after" the damage? Can the cord be shortened by putting on a new end? The rivet can be replaced in the probe. This is much less prone to happening with the new design. At 04:09 PM 11/5/2008 -0500, you wrote: >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 Instant access to the latest Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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