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 Post subject: steam test gauge on ebay
PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 4:55 pm 

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suitable for steam locomotive use: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3507711540


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 Post subject: Re: steam test gauge on ebay
PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:18 pm 

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Well, without a current qualification sticker on it, it's just another gauge...right?


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 Post subject: Re: steam test gauge on ebay
PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:57 pm 

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somebody, sometime, used it as a master gauge. I have two real test gauges but they are out of calibration, however they are marked with the last date they were tested. Picked them up at an antique shop for $20 each so I could do an uncertified test on gauges I own.

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 Post subject: Re: steam test gauge on ebay
PostPosted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 1:09 pm 

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Bad Order wrote:
Well, without a current qualification sticker on it, it's just another gauge...right?

True, but you can always get it certified. Even with a brand new one you're going to have to get it certified eventually anyway.


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 Post subject: Re: steam test gauge on ebay
PostPosted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:44 pm 

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It needs to be tested with a dead weight tester so it will be up to date aka certified or calibrated.


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 Post subject: Re: steam test gauge on ebay
PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:22 am 

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What makes this a master gauge? Is it more accurate across the range? Would the calibration schedule be any different than a gauge used on a locomotive?

Why would one use this versus a dead weight tester?


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 Post subject: Re: steam test gauge on ebay
PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:23 pm 

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Dick_Morris wrote:
What makes this a master gauge? Is it more accurate across the range? Would the calibration schedule be any different than a gauge used on a locomotive?

Why would one use this versus a dead weight tester?


Many large industrial plants with large numbers of gauges would have test connections for such a master gauge so if there was any question about the accuracy of the gauge in service the master gauge could be added to confirm or condemn the function of the service gauge.

Master gauges were also manufactured to must stricter tolerances than most gauges. so they are 27 jewel Hamilton pocket watch of the bourdon tube world.


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 Post subject: Re: steam test gauge on ebay
PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:10 pm 

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Thanks.


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 Post subject: Re: steam test gauge on ebay
PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 5:13 pm 

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Also some places will create a `master calibrated gauge' to calibrate other general purpose gauges at a lower tolerance, instead of having to pull out the dead weight calibrator which takes more time to use correctly. The checked gauges wont get a calibrated tag, but the company will know they are reading correctly. The `masters' will rotate through the calibration room to get updated and verified.

How they are handled all depends on the tolerance the field gauge needs to maintain. It is similar to machine shops where they have certified measurement standard blocks that never leave the inspection room and regular standards that the machinists have access to to maintain their own measuring equipment.

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