anyone got any recommendations on adecent digi manometer, i've been looking at one of these
http://www.jmwlimited.co.uk/TPI_610_Digital_Manometer.html
http://www.jmwlimited.co.uk/TPI_610_Digital_Manometer.html
digital manometers
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due to calibration costs you might as well buy a cheap one like the one you mention.i use a regin digiman regx30,approx £100.00 from parts center.works well.
make sure you get one which has a strong magnet on the back very handy to attach to boilers and gas meters.digiman has magnet.
Remember to carry your water guage at all times in case electronic unit goes wrong,it happens.
if you do a lot of testing at the gas meter this 10mm socket driver makes it easyier to remove pressure nipples.
www.uktools.com part number kk167m-10
part number kk167m-8
10mm for gas meters..8mm for some boiler gas valves.
the above meter and the 2 socket drivers save me lots of time espically when i put blue tac inside the 10mm one to hold the nipple in place also acts as a depth stop.
make sure you get one which has a strong magnet on the back very handy to attach to boilers and gas meters.digiman has magnet.
Remember to carry your water guage at all times in case electronic unit goes wrong,it happens.
if you do a lot of testing at the gas meter this 10mm socket driver makes it easyier to remove pressure nipples.
www.uktools.com part number kk167m-10
part number kk167m-8
10mm for gas meters..8mm for some boiler gas valves.
the above meter and the 2 socket drivers save me lots of time espically when i put blue tac inside the 10mm one to hold the nipple in place also acts as a depth stop.
grt e regon premier and you can drive yer van over itbster said:
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I'd say make sure it reads to 0.01mbar, at least below 20mBar which is quite common. Makes it really easy an quick to see leaks.
Mine (APM140) does different units, which I don't use, but also it does MAX/MIN. Suddenly realised how useful that is:
You can't quite ever set to 20.00 mBar for a drop test, so get close and press max/min. Then press it again after the 2 mins. Lo an behold it holds both values, say 19.91mbar and 17.83mbar as they are the max and the min. Saves the grey cells. Usually I do something else for the 2 mins and forget...
I use a long hose so haven't missed a magnet - you can stick it anywhere. Also the backlight is useful, don't know if they all have one. Mine's Water Resistant - it gets wet in the rain!
And try BES.
Mine (APM140) does different units, which I don't use, but also it does MAX/MIN. Suddenly realised how useful that is:
You can't quite ever set to 20.00 mBar for a drop test, so get close and press max/min. Then press it again after the 2 mins. Lo an behold it holds both values, say 19.91mbar and 17.83mbar as they are the max and the min. Saves the grey cells. Usually I do something else for the 2 mins and forget...
I use a long hose so haven't missed a magnet - you can stick it anywhere. Also the backlight is useful, don't know if they all have one. Mine's Water Resistant - it gets wet in the rain!
And try BES.
Your testo is probably the heart shaped one!
I had a much smaller round one about 30 mm diameter which I bought specifically for service/repairs when I went to Central London on PT.
It only had one decimal place so it was not suitable for setting up the latest premix boilers but it was fine for normal fault finding.
It was stolen by a builder but the current Testo is much larger and I have not replaced it.
I have a two decimal point manometer in my Kane 400 FGA.
Tony
I had a much smaller round one about 30 mm diameter which I bought specifically for service/repairs when I went to Central London on PT.
It only had one decimal place so it was not suitable for setting up the latest premix boilers but it was fine for normal fault finding.
It was stolen by a builder but the current Testo is much larger and I have not replaced it.
I have a two decimal point manometer in my Kane 400 FGA.
Tony
corgiman said:
In case the CORGI Inspector jumps out from behind the Shepherd's Bush, do you have a recent Calibration Certificate* for the "U" gauge ???
Tony
* Calibration Standards traceable to the National Physics Laboratory!
this can still be used as a single input gauge then?
http://www.jmwlimited.co.uk/Testo_506_Digital_Pressure_Meter.html
http://www.jmwlimited.co.uk/Testo_506_Digital_Pressure_Meter.html
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