Pressure Gauge whatsama-call-it

[Richard Hillsid]

Hi

I came up with this idea…




As usual when I come up with one its already made and sold somewhere or its too complicated.


Anyway, with heat pumps checking for ref pressures one has to screw into the threads the connector that also opens the push valve.

Is there a connector that has a handle witch when turned pushes a pin into the push valve to open it, this would let one to screw the connector hose on before opening the push valve.

There probably is something like this but up here in the land of frozen dinosaurs (Finland) I haven’t come across one.

Be a nice toy also as in the winter one cant get the heat pumps onto cooling mode when its -20 outside and don’t necessarily want to stop the pump twice to get a measurement and to disconnect again, thick gloves are clumsy, everything is slow mode at thease temperatures and just this could make life easier.

Free to use idea if its new.

If its on the self somewhere, anyone care to give a hint?

Cheers

[taz24]

Hi

I came up with this idea…




As usual when I come up with one its already made and sold somewhere or its too complicated.


Anyway, with heat pumps checking for ref pressures one has to screw into the threads the connector that also opens the push valve.

Is there a connector that has a handle witch when turned pushes a pin into the push valve to open it, this would let one to screw the connector hose on before opening the push valve.

There probably is something like this but up here in the land of frozen dinosaurs (Finland) I haven’t come across one.

Be a nice toy also as in the winter one cant get the heat pumps onto cooling mode when its -20 outside and don’t necessarily want to stop the pump twice to get a measurement and to disconnect again, thick gloves are clumsy, everything is slow mode at thease temperatures and just this could make life easier.

Free to use idea if its new.

If its on the self somewhere, anyone care to give a hint?

Cheers

We use kwick couplers.





They fit on the end of the gauge line and the cap goes onto the fitting.
The conection activates the one way valves and no gas is lost.

We allso use these gauge lines



The gauge lines have valves in them and that alows you to shut the
line off before disconection.
Cheers taz

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[Richard Hillsid]

Thanks, excellent, just what I was looking for, no need to re invent the coupler.

They on the order list now.

Cheers
R