help please asap

David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net
Sat, 14 Jul 2001 08:14:50 -0500


600 AMPS!  Wow!  600 watts maybe...

dave

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On 7/13/01 at 5:45 PM Farrell wrote:

>> It is alright to parallel, 2 or 3 rods from the same humidistat.
>
>Or a bunch more! The H2 Humidistat is rated up to 600 amps. I have been
>running a 650 amp dehumidifier off a H2 Humidistat in my shop for two
years
>now - works just fine.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Ross" <piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 5:06 PM
>Subject: Re: help please asap
>
>
>> Hi Terry,
>> They will both feel hot to the hand. I don't believe, yours or my hands,
>are
>> calibrated to be able to feel the difference.
>> I am not sure, but it could be that just different lengths of the
>resistive
>> element, are used, inside the tubes. So maybe they are just working with
>2
>> or 3 different resistive elements, and the length is what determines the
>> wattage of the 7 or 8 different wattages they use.
>> It is alright to parallel, 2 or 3 rods from the same humidistat.
>> Regards,
>> John M. Ross
>> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
>> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:51 AM
>> Subject: help please asap
>>
>>
>> > Today I installed a D.C. 25W (short length for rear of piano) & 48"
50W
>in
>> a
>> > small Grand, hooked up to a "H-2" hunidistat. this is the first time I
>'ve
>> > installed a dual heater bar system on a Grand, and I was somewhat
>> surprised
>> > that the two dehumidifier rods were actually "hot" to the touch. Maybe
>> > because the highest wattage i've installed previously has been only up
>to
>> > 25W, and only ONE in uprights.
>> >
>> > Should the two rods feel hot to the touch? We're not talkin
>> > hot enough to burn your hand, but hot. They BOTH rods feel equally
hot,
>> even
>> > though one is  only 25W, while the other, 48" rod is 50W. I'm also
used
>an
>> > "add-in" so i could run both rods off the one humidistat. I'd really
>> > appreciate your prompt feedback on this matter. Thanks!
>> >
>> > Terry Peterson
>> > Precision Piano Service
>> > Torrance, CA
>> >
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@swbell.net
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275



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