Tightness Test Anomaly - Any Ideas / Advice Welcome

[herp_lee]

I asked what meter you was testing on because an E6 meter allows 8mb drop with no smell of gas so your tightness passed as far as as im concerned . You was only there to do a landlord checkwhich just required noting on your cp12. Why make life harder for yourself doing unnecessary things? Its a pass or fail .

 

[AWheating]

sounds like a pass to me. id use a water gauge for your tightness tests tbh, digital gauges can be to sensitive imo for this job.

 

[kirkgas]

sounds like a pass to me. id use a water gauge for your tightness tests tbh, digital gauges can be to sensitive imo for this job.

I agree, no matter how many times I try I cannot demonstrate a TT using the Kane 455, end up,losing the tattie with it and going back to u gauge

 

[simon0703]

Don't suppose you tried capping meter and testing that, had a drop on a new install with a mate at a new build. We cut up floorboards and all, turned out brand new meter was fk,d

 

[ph3se]

Did you put a disk in the meter and isolate the consumer side? And then test?

 

[r60ste]

Can I just point out a tightness test is not for 4 minutes, its 2 minutes

1 min let by to check ecv
1 min temp sabalisation
2 min test period

 

[Dotty]

Can I just point out a tightness test is not for 4 minutes, its 2 minutes

1 min let by to check ecv
1 min temp sabalisation
2 min test period

I'd argue the toss on that but then one installation I tested recently was 23m3..........

 

[tamz]

I'd argue the toss on that but then one installation I tested recently was 23m3..........

Yer confusing him John :smile:

 

[Dotty]

Lol, had to use the digital gauge to get the test time down to 5 minutes!

 

[r60ste]

Lol, had to use the digital gauge to get the test time down to 5 minutes!

I also have to do this as i am a commercial and domestic gsr engineer for what your talking about a digital gauge can save alot of time