Manometers

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

I have a bunch of manometers but have somehow lost the connectors to the gas valve and don't remember what they look like.  Are these connectors available by themselves?

SWEI

They're usually

Just a standard NPT male to hose barb fitting.  Off the shelf most anyplace.

MikeyB

connectors

Firedragon sells them on his website, they have a small screw inside them so you can leave them on the gas valve and turn them on or off

SWEI

The internal shutoff sounds interesting

#240 & 241 on the site -- got a photo or a drawing?  How do they connect to the hoses?

Zman

Fittings

Swei,

They work just like the test port on a triangle tube boiler.

They thread into any 1/8" plug hole.

Really slick when you are trying to test multiple things.

Carl

MikeyB

Fittings



Hopefully the attachment comes through, 



240 -

Gas Pressure Tap Fitting -

The #240 Gas Pressure Tap Fitting is used

to quickly connect a 1/4" manometer hose to gas valve (1/8"-27 npt) -

one pair. The fitting fits onto most gas valves and pressure regulators and

allows you to quickly check and adjust the pressure of the valve or regulator.

Once the correct pressure is set a simple turn of the fitting closes it off,

read Firedragon Field Note #15 [size=12]here[/size]. The #240 also can speed your day along by using it

as a pressure fitting for your draft gauge or manometer. Just drill and tap an

1/8" hole into smokehoods, fire doors or anywhere else, mount the #240

once and just open it when you need to take your readings.

Buy them by the bag full #241 and save time and

money. Use our [size=12]#140

Minidriver[/size] to quickly open and close

the internal valve.



241 -

Gas Pressure Tap Fitting, 10 pairs of 240 



NOTE: All of our adapters and testers are supplied ready to

install and use and are constructed from heavy duty brass for long life and durability.

SWEI

Thanks!

Those do look slick.

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

Connectors

Thanks, Mikey and others. That's exactly what I wanted.



Go Niners.

icesailor

Press Tap Fittings:

You can also buy some "Press Tap fittings which are 1/8" NPT on one end and 1/4" OF Flare on the other. The flare end is just a Schrader Valve. You can make some "rig" like I did so that you can use a hose from a AC pressure gauge set up and always have a quick way to test something and nit need to deal with the rubber connector on a manometer. I made it so I could test some gas piping for LLP that I couldn't test for leaks at over 12". I used a LP regulator and an air tank. You can devise any number of situations to use this handy fitting.



Where U used to work, the LP providers had them on every tank and they also carried a pressure gauge and hose like they would a cell phone. So, if a tank didn't have enough pressure in the tank, they would fill the tank but leave it disconnected so that the resident would have to be there when the gas was turned on and someone could light pilots if needed.

I got mine from FW Webb but I had to ask for them. They had them in stock in a big bag but until someone walked by and heard the discussion, and knew what I was looking for, I was out of luck. They had a name for them. But one brand name is "Press-Tap".