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in THE MAIN WALL
I haven't used them in a while either but they're still on the shelf at the supply house.

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  • Jeff Lawrence_25
    Jeff Lawrence_25 Member Posts: 746
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    So Dan says not to do anything for family, neighbors, or your church.....

    My neighbor came over this evening and asked about a report a company did on the house she's selling.

    It seems that the tech(?) did a smoke bomb test on one of the furnaces in the house. I don't know about the rest of you, but I haven't heard of anyone doing a smoke bomb test on a heat exchanger is 15 plus years. I use a Bacarach Monoxor or a Fyrite Pro for my HX testing.

    How about y'all?
  • Jeff Lawrence_25
    Jeff Lawrence_25 Member Posts: 746
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    I have used them

    but that was for checking a draft hood on a boiler and a kitchen exhaust hood, but never for a heat exchanger!
  • Al Letellier_9
    Al Letellier_9 Member Posts: 929
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    I have use them on occasion doing insurance inspections for puff backs....if all else fails. A crack can open and close with heat in the exchanger and can be difficult to find or "observe" with other instruments. I keep a small supply on board for that reason. Done correctly, they can be an effective detection tool. Not exactly modern electronic science, but......sometimes necessity is the mother of invention.
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