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No leaks, but not full vacuum, gauge error.
No leaks, but not full vacuum, gauge error.
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Jose Luis Martin
Jose Luis Martin
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Hello, I'm Luis, new member,
I'd like to ask the experts, I'm confusing a bit, the last night I bagged off a part, small part, the temp inside the workshop was 20º ish, and I leave the vacuum more than 1 hour to see if there was a leaking, I fitted a vacuum leak detector from easycomposites, and doesn't show any changes over an hour, the gauge indicator was 2 marks closed to the full vacuum, then I went to sleep, this morning my surprise is, the gauge is far away from the full vacuum, I switched on the pump, there is no sight of leak and the room temp is about 8º, so could the temp are affecting the gauge? if that is correct how I have to deal with it? Thank you.
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No leaks, but not full vacuum, gauge error.
JoseLuis
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6 Years Ago
Assuming there has definitely been no leaks, then it could be a variation in atmospheric pressure. There is a little rubber grommet on the gauge, gently pierce it to equalise the pressure between the...
Warren (Staff)
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6 Years Ago
Thank you Warren, I look after that.
JoseLuis
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6 Years Ago
first of all those gauges measure relative pressure and not absolute pressure. so depending on your altitude you are already off. Then those cheap gauges are never accurate. If you connect a couple o...
SleepingAwake
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6 Years Ago
Thanks Lester, I discovered, that the low temp affecting to the gauge, I have to switch on my Halogen heater, getting 20º and I can start, definitely low temp, bad friend
JoseLuis
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6 Years Ago
Yeh as above, these analogue gauges don't really provide useful measurements of vacuum, they only provide an indication of vacuum. So the way to use them is to do a drop test over half an hour to an....
Hanaldo
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6 Years Ago
Thank you, I'm on it, thanks for the help, I appreciate that
JoseLuis
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6 Years Ago
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