Well, I'm no expert but that appears to be your basic highly-accurate home-made manometer. When pressure is applied to one side, it goes down while the other side goes up. As I understand it, you take the distance the one went down and add it to the distance the other went up to get the fluid height. So 5 inches + 5 inches = 10 inches . . . Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR On 7/31/2007 12:25 PM neil N wrote: > Hi all. > > Here's the pic: > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil/iWeb/Site%205/WaterColumn.html > > question: > > if water goes up LH side of hose app 5" , then double that = the total > output of a given pressure regulator? > > I thought the LH side would go up 11" or so, but it only moved 5-6". > > FWIW, I bled the line near the connection (via vent hole on hose) til > I smelled LP. > > Any answers and/or critiques regarding my test method/tester are welcome! > > Neil. > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > |
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