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In Reply to: Re: Leak detector - comments welcome! posted by Ted on September 19, 2001 at 20:52:58:
... opened the gas valve on the stove. Let's put it this way, by the time this would ever pick anything up, I'd be looking out the window parallel to the space shuttle. It basically did nothing right with the gas blasting away it, but curiously when I moved the probe, it went nuts every now and then, then fell silent.
Concerned this thing wasn't working right, I first checked to see if the coast was clear of Chick's penguins, then I cracked open the 30 lb tank of R-12 and the thing went nuts as usual. Ditto for the R-134a test.
John Hess at www.imcool.com also has a good article on leak testing:
Oh no! I've angered Chick's penguins and now they're coming! Fast! Looks like they're ready to rampage too:
Gotta run for cover!!!
Joe