humidity control and house fires

[Avery Todd]

I'd be extremely interested to know if any of these were the
Dampp-Chaser brand! Somehow, I really doubt it. Of course I
"could" be wrong.......... For some reason, no one has mentioned
a brand.

Avery

At 04:51 PM 3/11/04, you wrote:
>Isaac OLEG wrote:
>
>>Wally,
>>
>>Please be more precise, was the heater bar alone without any control
>>box ?
>>
>>It is very important as I know some people install thoses (rods only).
>>While the humidistat is not so pricey I'd like to tell them about fire
>>hazard if it is the case.
>Yes, it's very important to install a humidistat, for the sake of the 
>piano. But if the fire was indeed started by a heater bar, I would think 
>it was because of a short in the power cord and not because of the heat 
>generated by the heating element.
>
>Tom Cole
>
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