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When using two micron gauges, the gauge on the suction will always be higher.

It's a vacuum thing. Bigger pipe has more molecules floating around.

Weird, I know, but that's the way it is.
 
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vin lashon said:
I bought the BlueVac Pro before bluetooth, so I'm not going to drop another $300 on a bluetooth version (although I love what I see with the app, decay test, etc). I may buy the micro as a secondary (use both at the same time, micro on the LL).

But the thing I'd miss with the micro is the Leak Rate indicator.

Those aren't the BT versions, are they?
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All the new bluvacs have the app capabilities, but the leak rate, and decay test is not available on the micro.

They all will graph.


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heatingman said:
All the new bluvacs have the app capabilities, but the leak rate, and decay test is not available on the micro.

They all will graph.
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Yeah, I was just looking at the feature comparison. WHeneve rI buy another one, it'll probably be the LTE. I don't care about the pro features.
 
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When the microbluvac came out I bought about 25 of them for some of the guys. Great price point and awesome performance. It appears they have discontinued them in favor of adding wireless at a Pricepoint 2x higher... bummer

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heatingman said:
At that price point, they better come with a gold bar.


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This was the only micron gauge that had a visual decay graph/test before bluvac arrived on the scene that I was aware of.

I do like my Appion AV760 micron guage along with my BluVac pro. The app for the bluvac is much better than Appion’s app.

I’ve been wanting to convert my vacuum pump intake to KF-16 flange connection so I don’t have to use 3/8” & 1/2” trublu kf-16 fittings. I know they have kf-16 flange style connections on large commercial vacuum pumps.
 
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Nytefog said:
This was the only micron gauge that had a visual decay graph/test before bluvac arrived on the scene that I was aware of.

I do like my Appion AV760 micron guage along with my BluVac pro. The app for the bluvac is much better than Appion’s app.

I’ve been wanting to convert my vacuum pump intake to KF-16 flange connection so I don’t have to use 3/8” & 1/2” trublu kf-16 fittings. I know they have kf-16 flange style connections on large commercial vacuum pumps.
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Fieldpiece had a arrow 😁

I cut and drilled out one of the ½ fittings and soldered it on the Jb pump. Fits nice. Was gonna do the same on the end of a couple of CVRT's eventually. Might need to go with #25 fittings though.
 
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itsiceman said:
Fieldpiece had a arrow 😁

I cut and drilled out one of the ½ fittings and soldered it on the Jb pump. Fits nice. Was gonna do the same on the end of a couple of CVRT's eventually. Might need to go with #25 fittings though.
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I like to see some pictures of your setup.

I’ve got a jb platinum vacuum pump. Do you happen to know what the size is of the larger brass bushing that the 3/8” intake cross threads into? I was going to buy a NPT to KF-16 fitting but need the size of that large brass bushing. I figure I just use the KF-16 stainless steel Tee to connect the pair hoses to. I was Originally going remove the intake cross and replace with a 3/8” npt to KF-16 flange adapter I found online, but thought if I could replace the entire bushing and intake cross it would allow for a bit better flow. my jb pump has (2) 3/8” and (1) 1/4” intake cross that I removed from a older jb pump because I didn’t have a 1/2” hose at the time and didn’t want to use a reducer.


Have you noticed any improvement in your pumps performance with the kf-16 intake compared to the 1/2” or 3/8” intake you had previously?
 
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