Hi Patrick, I have had zero problems with the smart bar--and it has been very useful at institutions, where you no sooner get one person trained to look after the unit--and they get transferred. If there is an accumulation of salts on the smart bar it indicates the unit is not being drained quite often enough. I recommend to all my clients that they change the pads 4 times a year (and wash them out) and that they drain the unit in the fall and in the spring. I am totally sold on the auto shutoff smart bar and will not sell a system without it. At 08:59 AM 04/02/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Ron: I have only installed a few "Smart Bars", but I did have a problem with >one system that kept blinking red. It turned out that the bar had >accumulated a small mineral deposit which was shorting out the sensor. It >seems that this system is extremely sensitive to this problem, and it almost >seems that the red light blinks when the bar needs to be cleaned, rather >than when the pads need replacement. I cleaned the bar with a plastic >kitchen pot scrubber, and the problem was solved. I don't particularly like >the new Smart Bar system, it seems to be more trouble than its worth. >Patrick Poulson, RPT Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts mailto:drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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