I just got one of these, new. Vintage looking art piece. And practical!
https://www.mybacharach.com/product-view/draftrite/
https://www.mybacharach.com/product-view/draftrite/
Draftrite
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Nice! I'd love one of those. We've dabbled with a draft sensor for our controller, but it's pretty expensive and you don't really need to monitor the draft 24/7. Handheld would be perfect.
My little tale is that I just bought (new) a Bacharach Fyrite (analog) combustion tester kit for setting up my oil boiler. It included a big draft gauge that I promptly dropped from a height of 3' to the concrete floor. Although it still works, the front half of the case(replaceable) is totally broken, and the rear half (non-replaceable) has an 'ear' broken off. I ordered the front and will glue on the back. The plastic is like Bakelite, without the durability. The entire kit is truly old school.
The reason I got the old school kit vs. digital, is that the digital meters' sensors wear out, so you have to replace them and get it calibrated once a year. The sensors are expensive. It pays if you're doing it for a living, I guess.
This new meter's case is a casting-aluminum I think, since it's not magnetic.
The reason I got the old school kit vs. digital, is that the digital meters' sensors wear out, so you have to replace them and get it calibrated once a year. The sensors are expensive. It pays if you're doing it for a living, I guess.
This new meter's case is a casting-aluminum I think, since it's not magnetic.
On a side note, I saw this on Craigslist. You should buy it!
(broken link removed to http://westernmass.craigslist.org/ppd/5834619286.html)
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