Date:         Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:11:25 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Exhaust gas analyzer needs home
Comments: cc: Bob Donalds <bostneng@fcl-us.net>
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I've got one of the Massachusetts state inspection analyzers from the '80s,
a Hamilton Test Systems VTS 700.  It needs a home.

The good:
         It cost a fortune new (ten grand or something).
         It had just been serviced and was working fine with new "optical
bench" just before I brought it home.
         There's a spare set of major guts, unknown condition -- likewise
some extras for engine analysis, unknown condition.
         It's here for the taking.
         It has a Xerox of the service manual.
         I used it myself a few weeks before I got it and it was fine in
diagnostic mode (continuous ppm readout).

The bad:
         The twits didn't bother to fasten the guts down when they serviced it.
         The hoses (it's got various internal vacuum and pump lines etc.
made of clear pvc) were old and rotten
         In the process of getting it into and out of the van, some of said
hoses broke
         I wasted a $75 bottle of calibrating gas figuring out that there
was a problem.
         So AFAIK it needs about $10 worth of plastic hose and a bottle of
cal gas.
         You have to come get it.
         Since its intended purpose was emissions testing, it has all sorts
of notions such as if it isn't satisfied with the calibration it won't run
except to do another calibration.

The ugly:
         The sucker is close to three feet square and about four feet high
with its stand.
         I don't have a user manual although the service manual sorta
covers using it -- *all except for calibrating which says "use the
procedure in the user manual."*

Any takers?  Bob, you have first whack...


David Beierl - Providence, RI
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