Pressure Testing Pontoons

[Drago]

Many time I've seen posts about checking for leaks and pix showing what over pressurizing can do to a pontoon. I was cleaning out the garage and ran into a new Smith acetylene regulator and realized that by piping it into the outlet of my air compressor, I can double regulate.

The outlet of the acetylene regulator is redlined at 15psi with a nice wide scale at the low end. My normal out pressure on my day to day work is around 4psi.

Hope this give anyone ideas on what sort of gauge to use.

[Dan L]

When I tested mine, I used/made a water manometer, much more accurate than a meter, and cheep too, it was just a plastic fitting and length of clear tube. But do it on a day when the temp is constant and with the tubes out of the sun, or you'll go nuts watching the water rise and fall with the temp/pressure change in the tubes.

Dan

[GXPWeasel]

When I tested mine, I used/made a water manometer, much more accurate than a meter, and cheep too, it was just a plastic fitting and length of clear tube. But do it on a day when the temp is constant and with the tubes out of the sun, or you'll go nuts watching the water rise and fall with the temp/pressure change in the tubes.

Dan

What, no pictures of your little device?

[GregF]

The "blow" side of a vacuum cleaner is enough pressure to soap bubble test the toons with no danger of popping one.