Gas Detection Equipment. What do you use?

[Last Plumber]

What Gas detection equipment do you use daily?
What do you all use to pinpoint leaks?
Do any of you wear Gas monitoring equipment? If so what's it for? CO, CO2, CH4? All of them?

Curious as I am about to spend Money on a new gadget along with servicing Gascoseeker and want to know what's popular.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

mk1 ?

just a cheap kane wond one

and for boilers rooms the cheap orange self one (anton)

 

[Last Plumber]

mk1 ?

just a cheap kane wond one

and for boilers rooms the cheap orange self one (anton)

Yes. Old faithful. MK1. It is due a service, calibration and bits n bobs fixing. It must be 30 ish!
Do the ones you're using beep and increase speed or volume or do they give a read out?

 

[townfanjon]

Watching this ....

 

[Last Plumber]

Watching this ..

For what?
Never mind spectating from over the imaginary passport controlled border.
Write something down, help me out.
What do you use?

 

[dancinplumba]

LDF and a lighter

 

[dancinplumba]

have a wand, not much use in a space with gas in it for pinpointing

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yes. Old faithful. MK1. It is due a service, calibration and bits n bobs fixing. It must be 30 ish!
Do the ones you're using beep and increase speed or volume or do they give a read out?

the leak dec yea

KANE700 Gas Leak Detector | Kane International Limited

 

[townfanjon]

For what?
Never mind spectating from over the imaginary passport controlled border.
Write something down, help me out.
What do you use?

Lol, I use my kane and have done for years, its ok , but not the best , thats why I am watching!!!!

 

[Last Plumber]

Lol, I use my kane and have done for years, its ok , but not the best , thats why I am watching!!!!

I am thinking of this.
In addition to having Gascoseeker dealt with.

 

[townfanjon]

I am thinking of this.
In addition to having Gascoseeker dealt with.

Erm , yes ok , TT as well . How much are they ?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I am thinking of this.
In addition to having Gascoseeker dealt with.

bet thats expensive as it does what the seaker does now

 

[Last Plumber]

Erm , yes ok , TT as well . How much are they ?

bet thats expensive as it does what the seaker does now

Yes. They are around £690 Plus VAT for the GT44, that does Nat Gas only. I don't think that's too bad as it does all my MK1 does and is more accurate, (made by same company).
You can add different Gases like Propane, CO, O2, CO2 etc and up it goes in price.
I think the one that does all Gases we would need is just short of £900 Plus the VAT. I had a Nightmare job last week and it made me think if my old faithful broke in the middle of that I would be in a mess. I was thinking of buying Gascoseeker 2-500 but then I saw this GMI GT and thought of refurbishing Mk1. So far option B is best because I'd have 2 sets of kit for less money. Bit of a no brainer really.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yes. They are around £690 Plus VAT for the GT44, that does Nat Gas only. I don't think that's too bad as it does all my MK1 does and is more accurate, (made by same company).
You can add different Gases like Propane, CO, O2, CO2 etc and up it goes in price.
I think the one that does all Gases we would need is just short of £900 Plus the VAT. I had a Nightmare job last week and it made me think if my old faithful broke in the middle of that I would be in a mess. I was thinking of buying Gascoseeker 2-500 but then I saw this GMI GT and thought of refurbishing Mk1. So far option B is best because I'd have 2 sets of kit for less money. Bit of a no brainer really.

thats a good price what pssdkjodksja me off with the mk its locked to a single gas so i would need atleat 2 at 1.5k each thats a big fat no from me

i do like the look of the mk2

let us know either way please

 

[Harvest Fields]

Kane wand for me.

 

[Harvest Fields]

LDF and a lighter

Proper old school you mate.

 

[Last Plumber]

Another option is Keep old faithful and buy a Testo or Kane beep test type.
Any one who uses those, @ShaunCorbs @Harvest Fields, how sensitive are they? do they ever beep when you yourself have not smelt Gas or has it always been used when you know there's a leak and you're looking for where it's from?

@dancinplumba, Is this lighter a zippo or just a 10 for a quid on Blackpool sea front type?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Never had an issue with mine really. The only problem I have is you need to take it outside in fresh air every now and again.

 

[Last Plumber]

Never had an issue with mine really. The only problem I have is you need to take it outside in fresh air every now and again.

Do they need calibrating? Or does it just keep going?
I have an Anton CO2 machine that needs nothing apart from Batteries for 15 years apparently. Up to now it's three years old I think and I've done nothing to it. Pretty good.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I havet cal mine sensitive wise there ok normally pin point it to a few joints worth etc

 

[gmartine]

I have the Kane GLD450 which detects at 50ppm but the GLD451 detects at 250ppm. What am I missing, why would you want a less sensitive detector?

Leak Detectors | Kane International Limited

 

[Last Plumber]

I have the Kane GLD450 which detects at 50ppm but the GLD451 detects at 250ppm. What am I missing, why would you want a less sensitive detector?

Leak Detectors | Kane International Limited

I don't know.
I started with the cheap wand end with my search as a Commercial Vaillant Engineer was wafting one about that looked like a pen and I thought it looked easier than having a Gascoseeker swinging off my neck for checking leaks after working on Boilers. I always test around Gas valves, solenoids, joints etc that are only live when things are running.
Then I moved onto the dearer stuff like the one in shauns link because a Colleague of mine uses the Testo 316-2. It's great and it has three beep levels going from 10 ppm Nat Gas then 200 ppm then 10000 ppm.
I am pretty sure it also does Propane, Hydrogen as well.

It's £260-00 ish. It has no read out of levels though, just the noises.
So you know when you start thinking.
"for another £100, I could have that one"
On it goes. Hence the questions.

I know a lot depends on what kind of work you do. I do mainly Commercial gas work so I always tend to have a Gasco with me and that's why it gets so much use. It's not necessary to use kit like this all the time though.

 

[gmartine]

Can be handy to scare the bejesus out of potential clients when it clicks away like a radioactive Bruce Banner. :0

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I don't know.
I started with the cheap wand end with my search as a Commercial Vaillant Engineer was wafting one about that looked like a pen and I thought it looked easier than having a Gascoseeker swinging off my neck for checking leaks after working on Boilers. I always test around Gas valves, solenoids, joints etc that are only live when things are running.
Then I moved onto the dearer stuff like the one in shauns link because a Colleague of mine uses the Testo 316-2. It's great and it has three beep levels going from 10 ppm Nat Gas then 200 ppm then 10000 ppm.
I am pretty sure it also does Propane, Hydrogen as well.

It's £260-00 ish. It has no read out of levels though, just the noises.
So you know when you start thinking.
"for another £100, I could have that one"
On it goes. Hence the questions.

I know a lot depends on what kind of work you do. I do mainly Commercial gas work so I always tend to have a Gasco with me and that's why it gets so much use. It's not necessary to use kit like this all the time though.

You tried the fga one ?

 

[Last Plumber]

You tried the fga one ?

What's that?
Who by?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

What's that?
Who by?

Testo they make a ldp that goes onto the fga

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Gas leak detection probe for flue gas analyzers | Gas | Flue gas, gas and particle | Parameters | Testo Ltd

 

[Last Plumber]

Gas leak detection probe for flue gas analyzers | Gas | Flue gas, gas and particle | Parameters | Testo Ltd

Oh crikey Shaun. Now you've added to my decision making problems.
lol.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

any update Last Plumber did you pick?

 

[sammathias]

Just Anton wand for me. Does the job. Can be abit deceiving at times tho.

 

[Old Account]

What Gas detection equipment do you use daily?
What do you all use to pinpoint leaks?
Do any of you wear Gas monitoring equipment? If so what's it for? CO, CO2, CH4? All of them?

Curious as I am about to spend Money on a new gadget along with servicing Gascoseeker and want to know what's popular.

I find this one pretty handy when checking longer flues. I also use only the detection things from testo which aren’t cheap but good

 

[Last Plumber]

any update Last Plumber did you pick?

Nothing as yet.
I spent a couple of hundred quid on old faithful and it's working well and calibrated again for 6 months.

 

[Darren Jackson]

I just use the sniffer that came in the kit with my Anton FGA, find it very useful to get into tight spots and it has an LED on the end to put some light on the situation, And it gives an audible and a visual warning.