Best Digital Manometer!

[01ST13795]

I'm going to bite the bullet and buy a digital manometer, just wondering which is the best on the market; Omnitron, Anton, Testo, Kane? Any others better?

Thanks for any replies

Sam

 

[Dotty]

I use the Testo 510.

Cracking bit of kit.

 

[01ST13795]

yeah I've seen one on site very small too!!

 

[lame plumber]

my tpi one has done well for 3 years

 

[Reg Man]

Digital manometers are great for setting up boilers, but I still think the faithfully water gauge is best for tightness testing; it don't breakdown or need recalibration, other than a flush out and water top up.

 

[Ermintrude]

Digital manometers are great for setting up boilers, but I still think the faithfully water gauge is best for tightness testing; it don't breakdown or need recalibration, other than a flush out and water top up.

On non domestic u may be standing around for 90 mins with u gauge tho/ reading other threads?

 

[Dotty]

Digital manometers are great for setting up boilers, but I still think the faithfully water gauge is best for tightness testing; it don't breakdown or need recalibration, other than a flush out and water top up.

u

Completely agree. I always use my j gauge for tightness tests except when the installation is huge. Like the 23m3 job I found a few weeks ago.

 

[stani]

Agree with regman entirely, I use my Anton v2 for setting up and checking boilers but use a rothenberger manometer for TT etc.

 

[Reg Man]

On non domestic u may be standing around for 90 mins with u gauge tho/ reading other threads?

Done commercial industrial. Never had one this length of time. It is a badly designed gas install for the regular commercial guys, if you have a 90 minute tightness test. Sectional isolation with purge points will always simplify testing and purging.

 

[Dotty]

Maximum ttd is 60 mins according to table b13.

Type of Gauge Typical Range(mbar) Typical Readable Movement(GRM) (mbar) Typical MaximumTTD (Mins)
Water (SG 1.0) 0 - 120 0.5 30
High SG (SG 1.99) 0 - 200 1 45
Electronic (1 decimal place) 0 - 200 0.5 30
Electronic (2 decimal places) 0 - 200 0.1 15
Electronic (1 decimal place) 0 - 2,000 0.5 30
Electronic (No decimal place) 0 - 20,000 5 60
Mercury (SG 13.5) 0 - 1,000 7 60

 

[Ermintrude]

u

Completely agree. I always use my j gauge for tightness tests except when the installation is huge. Like the 23m3 job I found a few weeks ago.

23 m3 bejesus!

 

[Dotty]

Was a biggie. No gas line diagram. Spent a day tracing, measuring, inspecting and testing that job.

 

[Ermintrude]

Service riser full of "stuff", helpful FM staff and lots of locked doors ??

 

[Dotty]

Lots of pipe in false ceilings. Fortunately mostly ventilated.

 

[Reg Man]

Maximum ttd is 60 mins according to table b13.

Type of Gauge Typical Range(mbar) Typical Readable Movement(GRM) (mbar) Typical MaximumTTD (Mins)
Water (SG 1.0) 0 - 120 0.5 30
High SG (SG 1.99) 0 - 200 1 45
Electronic (1 decimal place) 0 - 200 0.5 30
Electronic (2 decimal places) 0 - 200 0.1 15
Electronic (1 decimal place) 0 - 2,000 0.5 30
Electronic (No decimal place) 0 - 20,000 5 60
Mercury (SG 13.5) 0 - 1,000 7 60

You have been reading IGE/UP/1 have you not?

 

[tamz]

Was a biggie. No gas line diagram. Spent a day tracing, measuring, inspecting and testing that job.

Anything to spin it out :lol: :wink:

 

[Reg Man]

Its madness, when you come across gas service installs that serve 200 flats and there is not one sectional isolation valve or purge point. How did they test it and purge it?

 

[Dotty]

Testing isn't an issue if you're using a calibrated digital manometer with 2 decimal places and a gem of 0.1. Brought my test time down from 45 minutes on the j to 4.5minutes.....

 

[Dotty]

Agree with you on purge points though.

 

[Dotty]

Anything to spin it out :lol: :wink:

Was an all girls college Tam..........

 

[Reg Man]

Testing isn't an issue if you're using a calibrated digital manometer with 2 decimal places and a gem of 0.1. Brought my test time down from 45 minutes on the j to 4.5minutes.....

Yes I think your spot on.