Stuck pressure gauge

[Louis]

So it has been freezing here the last week. Today I go out to fire up the kohler and I notice that the pressure gauge is stuck on 500psi. I just got this gauge from Cobbs a few months ago. It was not under pressure. I disconnect the lg heater lines every night and drain the heater. It is a liquid filled gauge. What happened ??


Thank You

 

[Desk Jockey]

It froze and will need replaced. Its a tell tale sign of freezing, one of the first things to go.

 

[dealtimeman]

Call and find out if it was under warranty.

 

[Louis]

Larry is it under warranty. I guess I will take mine off my dead pto. 1000psi is 500psi now.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Usually freeze damage isn't covered.


Good arguement for electronic gauges.

 

[steve_64]

set it and forget it.

oh yeah you guys adjust for different jobs. all my gages have frozen and stopped working. i wont replace them again until i get heated storage.

 

[GCCLee]

Its done for, froze up.

 

[Louis]

So it went back down to 0 at the end of the day. Came out this morning and it was stuck at a 1000psi. Vac gauge wasn't working right after last night too. Wrapped the machine with moving blankets tonight. My prochem gauges never had a problem with the cold.

 

[Becker]

Blankets will help retain heat after use and protect from freezing. But the machine is not an animal. So. I hope you are using an electric heater to generate heat.

Gauge is shot. That's what a pressure gauge will do if they freeze.
Good chocie it could start leaking. Or might work for months with no issue. I had one freeze. Held at 200. Gauge still worked. It was just 200 off. Lasted till I was tired of not being proper.

But I had another freeze and 2 days later blow the plastic off face off and leak.

So. If you are gonna risk it. Have a brass cap handy to finish a job if the gauge leaks.
Either a cap at the pump. Or at the end of the line going from the pump to the gauge.

Lowes Home Depot or hardware store will have them. Not a bad idea to keep on the van all the tine anyways.

 

[Desk Jockey]

My prochem gauges never had a problem with the cold.

We've been running Prochems since the early 90's and if they get cold enough to freeze the pressure gauges are the first to go, then the preheaters. Colder than that and it gets real expensive!

 

[bob vawter]

if it were easy.....
every yaHOO in the country would be a carpet cleaner........look at the money that can be made!
cold weather is jus a way to thin the herd..........

 

[Royal Man]

if it were easy.....
every yaHOO in the country would be a carpet cleaner........look at the money that can be made!
cold weather is jus a way to thin the herd..........

So, true! 10 or more companies start every year and the same amount fold up in the winter. It used to be worse when your phone was tied to your expensive YP bill. No phone , No jobs. No company. Glad those days are long gone.

 

[bob vawter]

So, true! 10 or more companies start every year and the same amount fold up in the winter. It used to be worse when your phone was tied to your expensive YP bill. No phone , No jobs. No company. Glad those days are long gone.

very few people knew this...but if you paid yor basic phone bill....they COULD NOT shut yor phone off for non-payment of yellow page charges...
TRUE!

 

[Royal Man]

very few people knew this...but if you paid yor basic phone bill....they COULD NOT shut yor phone off for non-payment of yellow page charges...
TRUE!

That memo didn't get to the phone company here. Coming up with that $1000 bucks a month in the dead of winter for 20 years wasn't fun.