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This gauge has a diameter of 2.5 inches. It is quite hefty in profile also. Why is this important? It is because you are looking at a 1% accuracy gauge. At 100 fsw it will read out between 99-101 feet. It has a large diaphragm and is made with precision components. The accuracy of a gauge depends on its pressure sensor. An electronic digital read out is just a conversion or interpretation of the sensor readout which can vary in quality and accuracy. Digital by itself means nothing. Some people probably presume that a gauge which reads out in digital increments is accurate to 1 fsw or 1 psi or close to it. That is nonsense. Same thing applies to digital pressure gauges used for PP mixing. What one needs is a gauge with laboratory accuracy regardless of type read out on the face.
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