How Important are Our Gages???

[selfemployed]

Replace mine twice a year. Used set for spare. Check valves one on set and not on others. 5' yellow jacket hoses and guages. They need to be on 0 when you start or add or subtract. Nice to have flutterless guages now so you don't have to kink the hose.

[Freezeking2000]

Wow Dice you mad?

[Diceman]

No, not mad, possibly insane though.

[hoozdis]

...put my fluke heat clamp on a line next to a schrader fitting where may gage is attached and look at a P/T chart and check that against what my gage reads...my Fluke is pretty trustworthy

[R12rules]

Originally posted by condenseddave
I beat the living hell out of essentially all of my tools. If they can't take it, they weren't worth having.

The Yellow Jacket gauges with the brass cases are rated for 1% accuracy, and I have a half-dozen sets of them.

I only use JB gauges and manifolds for two purposes:

• Double Low pressure
  • Net oil pressure. (Double low sides on one manifold.) I carry 4 sets of these at all times.
  • Suction core pressure drop.
• Double high pressure.
  • Liquid line filter pressure drop.
  • Holdback valve differential.
  • Defrost differential valves.
  • Any other high side app where I need to measure differential.

I carry around 2 dozen sets all the time.

STOP Dave .... your breaking my heart!!! You mean to tell me I need to buy a couple of DOZEN sets of gages???

IYEEEEEEEE!!!


I thought I was rich with having three sets around!
Now it appears in market circles .. I am but a pauper!

[R12rules]

Originally posted by Diceman
I'm not allowed to say anything.

Go ahead DIce, take a deep breth .... say "anything" .....



There .... now wasnt that better?

[amazon]

I have four sets of gauges and the way I check my gauges is I got a Trojan tee coupler that I can attach two or three set at once and if they all read the same I know the gauges are pretty accurate. If they are not then I either calibrate them or trash them but one thing I do every year is buy a new set of 72 in hoses.

Heat in the Amazon
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[Diceman]

This is a fascinating discussion so far.

[arc8]

I still have one set of gages and they are accurate enough. I been thinking about purchasing another. What about the CPS brand gage? I like it. Does anyone recommended or not recommend it?
Thanks.

[Diceman]

I can't wait for the next reply.

[frozensolid]

I would not want to keep you waiting Dice.

Besides normal manifold sets, a market man should at least have one dual high gauge set. It sure helps when checking your defrost differential.

As Dave has already mentioned a dual low and a dual high are a good idea.

I keep a hose with a depressor on my low side only. My common and high have none.

But my high side does have a CA1 manual depressing valve. This helps on smaller systems. I just back off the depressor and pump all the liquid into the suction side.

Plus I just don't like frozen fingers.

[condenseddave]

Originally posted by frozensolid


Plus I just don't like frozen fingers.

You go girl.

[R12rules]

I'm gonna spring for the digital set soon.

I'll order them thru WalMart so if I dont like em, I can take em back and get my money back.


(24 sets of gages .... sheesh!)

[condenseddave]

Originally posted by R12rules
I'm gonna spring for the digital set soon.

I'll order them thru WalMart so if I dont like em, I can take em back and get my money back.


(24 sets of gages .... sheesh!)

And I want more.

[perfectemp]

The best way to calibrate gauges is to hook to a drum of r-22 (or whatever you have handy) that has been stored in a controlled ambient temperature for several hours. then calibrate gaug to pressure -temperature chart. this will never lie as long as you use virgin refrigerant.

[R12rules]

Originally posted by condenseddave

Originally posted by R12rules
I'm gonna spring for the digital set soon.

I'll order them thru WalMart so if I dont like em, I can take em back and get my money back.


(24 sets of gages .... sheesh!)

And I want more.

OH .... and I guess you got a special one just for measuring oil pressure at the pump scraeder?!?!?!

[condenseddave]

Originally posted by R12rules

Originally posted by condenseddave

Originally posted by R12rules
I'm gonna spring for the digital set soon.

I'll order them thru WalMart so if I dont like em, I can take em back and get my money back.


(24 sets of gages .... sheesh!)

And I want more.

OH .... and I guess you got a special one just for measuring oil pressure at the pump scraeder?!?!?!

As a matter of fact, I do.

[Diceman]

I think some of you have a gage fetish.
Sick.

[gerryboy00]

yea......snap-it hard baby,

[condenseddave]

Originally posted by Diceman
I think some of you have a gage fetish.
Sick.

Mostly an overall tool problem.

Hey, I ain't sticking my money up my nose, buying booze, renting hookers, It's gotta go to something pleasureable.