wats the best tool for ***** leak detection

[weagle]

i normally use leak spray or soapy water but always wonder is the a better method, are these fancy electronic jobs any good??

Look at the ninth poston page 1 of this thread.... its an Inficon.... except no imitations its the best you can get next to a halide torch

[Fri3Oil System]

I would suggest Ultraprobe. They have different models depending their sensitivity and also the chance to vary the search frequency. And no matter which gas you are looking for, that's a good point when using ultrasound technology.
http://www.uesystems.com/
Ultrasonics also have other applications, for example, to check bearings in compressors before you go to vibrations, or checking leaks in valves, etc.

[alvinsamuels10]

You can have it of INFICON. There are several other companies just you need to Google it.

[Dan]

Odd to see a forwarded message in so many months. The TIF model is still by far the best for supermarket use. The reason I like the TIF is the software. You can ramp it up and down and actually home into a leak. Inficon and others pretty much tell you are getting close and then telling you that you are getting farther Sort of like the old game when your children are telling you that you are getting warmer or colder. Plus, the TIF has a 25 year warranty, although they don't quite deliver on it in a timely basis.

Ultrasonics are underemployed, in my opinion, mostly because technicians are not quickly adaptable to them. Accu-trak and Am-probe have a good product. I have an off brand I bought online that has a 12-inch parabolic dish that saved the day a while ago. We turned everything off in the market... lights and all. It indicated a suction line leak near an exhaust fan in the deli area. We were at our wits end with that one, but were able to pinpoint it after the ultrasonic provided the weak high frequency signal that a leak provided and we were off with our TIFs and bubbles to find it. Leaks underneath armafllex and behind walls are the trickiest, and ultrasonics to not fare well with them.

But beyond the equipment, the finest leak detector is a technician who is seasoned enough to employ all six senses and experienced as a construction technician... Knowing the most likely places to look, the signs of oil saturated insulation, the likely rub spots, etc.

It's one of the reasons we bring our service techs out of the construction department whenever we can.

[Peter_1]

...You can ramp it up and down and actually home into a leak. Inficon and others pretty much tell you are getting close and then telling you that you are getting farther ...

You can do this also with an Inficon

[Darkling]

I use this myself and can defenitely recommend it. It has a rather long startup sequence though, often 1,5 minutes...
A nice feature is the NH3 optional sensor.

[angel123]

I too agree that Tek-Mate is a reliable leak detector..And what you often need to do is check it instantly in order to see if it is working fine..And i am comfortable using this detector..

[Dan]

We check ours everyday. Spare sensors are a must. Keep them charged. I remove the battery and well as some of our tech do; they sometimes drain. They have problems with the vacuum motor sometimes. But an awesome warranty. It takes more than a month to get one back, but so far Tif has honored the warranty on 10 of them
. We have 20 of them. And I will stand by any technician who uses any other brand and I always win. It's the software that out performs the others. You can reset it's sensitivity much better than a D-tech, Yellow Jacket, etc.

How do we test them? We start them up in the office and walk into the warehouse. They are screaming. Then we lower the sensitivity and find leaking bottles, or hoses on our reclaim machine. I have a 30-pounder that is supposedly empty and it has been caught leaking for 3 years. It is one of our most important tools and all our techs understand to treat them and charge them and store them carefully.






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[Dan]

I am still a Tiff fan. It outruns the teck-mate every day of the week.