help please asap

[Farrell]

Oooops! I think ya got me. 600 Watts.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "David M. Porritt" <dporritt@swbell.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: help please asap


> 600 AMPS!  Wow!  600 watts maybe...
>
> dave
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
> 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
>