[SBE] Ultrasonic Leak Detection

[Bill Burckhard]

With Nitrogen, on a good day the leak may be found by finding the smell.

William R Burckhard
445 South 24th Street West
Billings, MT. 59102
(406)652-4743
billb at khmt.com
www.yourbigsky.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of
Reynolds, Paul (CXR-San Antonio)
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 3:36 PM
To: curt at spam-o-matic.net; sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] Ultrasonic Leak Detection

The good engineering practice would be on a dry day, PULL A SLIGHT
VACUUM.  Then pressurize with nitrogen.  Maintain a couple pounds
Nitrogen and walk away.  They're not real expensive....a whole lot less
than a large dehydrator.

Paul K. Reynolds, C.E.
 paul.reynolds at coxradio.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of
Cowboy
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 4:30 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] Ultrasonic Leak Detection

On Friday 16 May 2008 01:42 pm, Bill Whitt wrote:

>  

>  This would be a tough call for me if I had to make a decision between

vacuum

>  or pressure leak detection.


 Just depends on whether you want your vacuum inside, or outside !
 ;)

 Personally, I'd never want to use a vacuum inside a transmission line,
 be it wave guide or hard line, or other. It pretty much guarantees
you'll push
 ( pull ? Does it matter ? ) atmospheric water into the line, which will
then need
 purged, even if it doesn't rupture seals designed for pressure in the
other direction.

 I'll be real interested in real world experience with a sonic detector
though,
 with TX blowers running, HVAC, and all the rest. 

-- 
Cowboy

http://cowboys.homeip.net

"The medium is the massage."
-- Crazy Nigel

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