Replyguages guages guages.. pull it out read psi... suck it back in.
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well i hate to say this ...this old man slaps the gauges on as soon as i get there unless its dead... . been doing it all my life... gauges are my eyes
it was working.... played with it.... now its broke.... whats the going hourly rate for HVAC repair
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guages guages guages.. pull it out read psi... suck it back in.
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oh man huh
it was working.... played with it.... now its broke.... whats the going hourly rate for HVAC repair
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I agree that gauges are the last thing to be used..... Doesnt make sense to hook em up only to find out ur filters are plugged , or economizer is wide open yada yada!
X2 on insanity's post about guessing the sweet spot. Use ur gauges
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I guess I have seen these posts and I partly agree. I will keep my manifolds in the truck and only grab them if I need to do some deeper diagnostics. Like my 60 pound VETO, I don't haul that until I know I need my arsenal of tools. I have a small tool pack with my Fieldpiece w/amp clamp, Pipe clamp thermocouple, wire strippers, Klein 11 in 1, jumper wires, king-valve wrench, crescent wrench, mini-digital psychrometer, and last of all my custom built quick check pressure gauge. Gauge does upto 800psi so covers the spectrum of 99% of what I would attach it to.
This is how I was taught to make quick SC/SH readings, without hauling a manifold and a ton of tools around. Can quickly jump around the multiple ports of a semi-herm or be in the bowels of a unit at a suction port near the TXV, or on a commercial refer evap getting SH right at the port there.
I don't know how others do it, but I always like to know my pressure and temps, only way to see what the system is doing.
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so ur saying that if u come to a unit and the filters plugged or ur contactor is blown then u are allowed to put ur gauges on. does that make sense? i dont think so. there is no need to put ur gauges on every single time thats what im saying.
Get er Done!
Do what has to be done
when it has to be done
as well as it has to be done
And doing it all the time.
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I'm with you SLCTECH. I have 4 of these!
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Brilliant
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X2Originally Posted by drife678
Ill be adding these to my arsenal
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You know I started with these, but there are so many times I couldn't connect to a system for what ever reason because of the stubby solid connection, that is why I dumped the fitting and added a the hose instead.
I'm with you SLCTECH. I have 4 of these!
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Do you purge the liquid hose with the suction before you hook up?
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I gotcha. I'm using them on flexible service valves for refrigeration so I'm able to bend them a little as necessary.
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what are you working on 1% of the time where the pressure is over 800 psig?
"Right" is not the same as "Wise".
Don't step on my favorite part of the Constitution just to point out your favorite part.
Just because you can measure it, doesn't mean it is important. Just because you can't measure it, doesn't mean it isn't important.
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CNG compressors, I have been servicing and maintaining numerous CNG compression equipment for years. From residential FuelMaker systems to Gas Station rack systems.....3000psi plus...so this could count as my 1%
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that would do it.CNG compressors, I have been servicing and maintaining numerous CNG compression equipment for years. From residential FuelMaker systems to Gas Station rack systems.....3000psi plus...so this could count as my 1%
"Right" is not the same as "Wise".
Don't step on my favorite part of the Constitution just to point out your favorite part.
Just because you can measure it, doesn't mean it is important. Just because you can't measure it, doesn't mean it isn't important.
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