This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Mary Bailey! Yup! May I suggest something similar to what I do in my 900 square foot = rebuilding shop. Being that I live in Florida and the relative humidity = (RH) only rarely gets down to 35% - 40%, I only have to worry about = dehumidifying. I have simply hooked a little cheapy Sears-type basement = dehumidifier to a Damp-Chaser humidistat (the control knob on the = dehumidifier is useless) and I also put a small fan on top of the = dehumidifier to mix the air up - it is also plugged into the humidistat = so that it only goes on when the dehumidifier goes on. I am using a dry = calibration humidistat and it turns on and off right at about 50% RH = according to my four little cheapy hygrometers. Now for humidifying (assuming it is needed in your climate). I dunno. I = have a little device at the ready (although I have not used it yet for = this purpose) that should work. It is a cheap steam generating gizzmo = that my wife picked up at the drug store when she was sick one time. She = had a cough or something, and the doctor told her that steam or high = humidity would help her. It's basically just a plastic several gallon = reservoir with a little heating element in the middle that seems to = kinda work like an automatic coffee maker (but instead of spitting out = water, it produces steam). It doesn't heat all the water up - just an = ounce or so at a time and boils it so that it is expelled from the unit = as steam. Plug it into the humidifier plug on the humidistat and point a = little fan on it and you have yourself an automatic humidifier. You = would have to experiment with it to see how long the water lasts, etc = (or hook up an automatic water supply with a float-type on-off valve). = You could even go to the hardware store and get one of the add-on = humidifier units that are made for forced air furnaces - they work much = like the Damp-Chaser humidifier. Basically use anything that can move = water from liquid to vapor form and blow it around the room with a = little fan. This would be a great opportunity to be real creative. The Damp-Chaser humidistats can handle up to 600 watts (I think I read = that on the unit). My dehumidifier is right at 600 watts. Certainly some = type of water vapor maker could be had that is less than 600 watts. = Maybe an automatic mister for plants or lizards that would spray onto a = porous material like a furnace filter and then have the fan blow through = it thus evaporating the water. Who knows - be creative. Or spend unpteen thousands of dollars and have a hi-tech climate control = system professionally installed. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: MBailey911@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 9:46 PM Subject: Ideas for Room Climate Control? Anybody have suggestions for climate control in a single room of an = old=20 house? Owner has a harpsichord plus a few other instruments, lives in = an old=20 house built in late 1800's (without forced air heating), and is = interested in=20 trying to control humidity in just this room.=20 Thanks,=20 Mary Bailey=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a4/43/e6/fa/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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