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Old 05-22-2019, 04:44 AM   #7
39portlander
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Default Re: oil pressure gauge

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Originally Posted by flatford8 View Post
Why the ball valve?....why not let it read the pressure all the time?......Mark
That is an HVAC habit, we do not install gauges with out a valve below them.

Open valve check psi, close valve. Several years ago one of the local schools had a gauge failure, no valve and a few gallons of oil was discovered in the a.m.
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