View Poll Results: Do you use a micron guage when pulling a vacuum?
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Nope, we don't own one.
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 Originally Posted by I_bend_metal
I have the CPS also...I love mine...works great
I like mine too.........just haven't compared it's readings to my YJ.
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Let me know how that comes out....I have had my eye on the YJ too! Mine put the wood to a fieldpeice the other day!
I need a new signature.....
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 Originally Posted by I_bend_metal
If you're not using one....you have no business being in the field.
Your shameless//////
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Maybe I just got a bad one. It seems to eat batteries.
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I need a new signature.....
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 Originally Posted by EverettsHVAC
Maybe I just got a bad one. It seems to eat batteries.
Could be....I have used mine on about 15 vacs in the last 6 weeks....still on the same battery although I did get the low battery warning yesterday morning. I will change it on Monday. That doesn't seem too bad for a 9 volt
I need a new signature.....
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IMHO only a HACK would pull a vaccum on a system w/out checking the micron level . That is truely the only way to be 100% sure that you have zero leaks and that the system is contaminent free .
Again just my opinion
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 Originally Posted by refrtech
IMHO only a HACK would pull a vaccum on a system w/out checking the micron level . That is truely the only way to be 100% sure that you have zero leaks and that the system is contaminent free .
Again just my opinion
Posative press. I like it better.
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If you work for me and don't use your micron gauge, you'll be finding a new employer.
Perhaps you should have read the instructions before calling. 
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 Originally Posted by hvaclover
Posative press. I like it better.
NOPE !! Positive pressure can and WILL lie to you , a standing micron reading of 500 or less WILL NOT lie to you !!! There is no arguing with that !!!! I have seen it more than once . Oh and for all of you that do not use a micron gauge , when your gauge on your manifold gets to 30"hg your actual micron level can be 5,000+ !!!
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I 'm the only one at the company , that has one.That's why I take longer on repairs and find more tubes not metering or txv failures, due to no vacuum or not long enough vacuums. Nitrogen is used allot but, when you dry a system you have to remove non-condensibles .
'Life begins with the journey each day'
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 Originally Posted by refrtech
NOPE !! Positive pressure can and WILL lie to you , a standing micron reading of 500 or less WILL NOT lie to you !!! There is no arguing with that !!!! I have seen it more than once . Oh and for all of you that do not use a micron gauge , when your gauge on your manifold gets to 30"hg your actual micron level can be 5,000+ !!!
Posative press won't suck in moisture. I'll stick with that. I have yet to find a micron guage that is accurate or does not require a ton of maintenence.
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I don't need a micron gauge I have a pressure switch on my pump that shuts my pump down at a 500 microns.
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