gummybun
Contributor
A cheap Pressure Pot.
This is my first DIY post so I hope I will not embarrass myself.
A while back I needed to test my Suunto that I had not enough time to have the battery properly swapped out before a trip and so elected to did it myself. Not a good idea, but I was stuck. As I did have to re-use the o-ring I wanted to give it a test in fresh water before going to salt on the trip.
My solution was to take out the filter to our household water filter and pop in the Suunto with a mechanical depth gauge to watch through the clear blue plastic. I did do a test first and found the local pressure went to 110'. So I thought I was rather good enough. Also to learn from the test to leave a faucet slightly open (upstairs) to allow for gentle 'decompression' when the test is over.
Test went very well. Took me to 110 with no leaks and held it there for 30min before shutting off the supply and starting the slow release of pressure.
Has anyone else used these filters as a test pot?
This is my first DIY post so I hope I will not embarrass myself.
A while back I needed to test my Suunto that I had not enough time to have the battery properly swapped out before a trip and so elected to did it myself. Not a good idea, but I was stuck. As I did have to re-use the o-ring I wanted to give it a test in fresh water before going to salt on the trip.
My solution was to take out the filter to our household water filter and pop in the Suunto with a mechanical depth gauge to watch through the clear blue plastic. I did do a test first and found the local pressure went to 110'. So I thought I was rather good enough. Also to learn from the test to leave a faucet slightly open (upstairs) to allow for gentle 'decompression' when the test is over.
Test went very well. Took me to 110 with no leaks and held it there for 30min before shutting off the supply and starting the slow release of pressure.
Has anyone else used these filters as a test pot?