Gauge Training Basics
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Posted: June 10, 2019
Author: Sam Myers, Retrotec
When pressurizing a building with a blower door, did you know that extra tubing must be added to the Channel B side of your gauge if you are not using a Retrotec DM32? If this tubing connection is neglected, you will have a reading that is approximately 20% high due to the open Channel B port that is referencing the indoor pressure of 50Pa instead of the outdoor pressure. Therefore, the extra tube is needed to connect that port on Channel B to the outside so that it is referencing the outside instead of the pressure induced by the blower door.
However, the Retrotec DM32 automatically
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Posted: April 12, 2016Categories: Gauge Training Basics
This webinar from Retrotec is an introduction to the DM-32 gauge. This video focuses on:
- Ports & connections
- Updating the firmware
- DM32 interface and operation
- Calculating results
- Common errors
- Running other manufacturer’s fans
- Running other devices and hole flow
Sign up for live webinars, or view additional previous webinars from Retrotec. To talk with a sales representative about Retrotec’s digital gauge, the DM32, call 1 (855) 738-7683.
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Posted: October 08, 2014Categories: Gauge Training Basics
Corbett Lunsford reviews the new Retrotec DM-32 Smart Gauge, and uses it to run a blower door test in Georgia while he sits in Chicago. Featuring home performance trainer extraordinaire Joe Medosch.
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Posted: October 08, 2014Categories: Gauge Training Basics
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Posted: October 08, 2014Categories: Gauge Training Basics
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Posted: October 02, 2014
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Posted: September 17, 2014Categories: Gauge Training Basics
Watch how easy it is to use the DM32 with TEC's Exhaust Fan Flow Meter
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Posted: September 14, 2014Categories: Gauge Training Basics
See how you can check your gauge's calibration against itself and another gauge. Learn a simple way to test positive and negative ports against each other.
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Posted: September 12, 2014
Learn how environmental factors can affect your testing, and how to recognize them. Included are: the moving tube problem; the pinched tube problem; getting water in your tube; and, finally, wind issues. See the massive pressure changes these factors can cause.
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Posted: September 09, 2014Categories: Gauge Training Basics
- DM32 interface and operation
- Running a Retrotec or MN fan
- Using Virtual Gauge, GaugeRemote, and Data Logger
- Calculating results