Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OSS Scrubber Systems

["Warrend Greenway" <dub@linuxmail.org>]

I talked to a chemist last night who said he would give me the sources he
had for good gas sensors. Well see what he comes up with.

Warren.

> Sounds like a good meter for the money.  I tend to lean towards the
> HMX-271 though.  Yes they are expensive.  So that's not good.  But how
> much does one value their life?  They have a good reputation.  They are
> outdated, but they can still be serviced.  The HMX-271 is a three gas
> detector.  % in LEL and O2, and PPM for H2S.  LEL is Lowest Explosive
> Limit, which means it's going to pick up any explosive gases and sound
> the alarm when the lowest exlosive limit is reached.  Propane, hydrogen,
> acetylene, ethane, ethylene, methane, iso-butane, the list detected is
> huge.  While I'm not sure if H2S will be an issue on a psub, it may help
> when dealing with batteries.  I imagine it should be possible to switch
> out the sensors.  So then CO2, CO and O2 (or LELs) could be detected. 
> Will check up on that.
> Carl
> 
> 
> William Alford wrote:
> > 
> > At 10:05 AM 2/1/2003 +0800, you wrote:
> > >Good gas detectors at a reasonable price was a problem I had
> > 
> > I obtained one of these for evaluation but haven't tested it out yet--
> > http://www.dcs-inc.net/m305.htm, around $165 I think.
> > 
> > William Alford
> > walford@dbtech.net
> > 
> > Tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner
> 
> -- 
> "You delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in an answer
> it gives to a question of yours, or the question it asks you, forcing
> you to answer, like Thebes through the mouth of the Sphinx." -- Kublai
> Khan

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