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Darran Cowd
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15 years ago

Hi All,

I don't know if many of you know but over the past two years we've been going through the collections at Caphouse and making sure we've still got what we should have and also catalguing items we didn't didn't know we had - obviously in a more organised fashion than I've just described!

One thing we have come across is an odd piece of clear acrylic with some passages and a resevoir machined into it containind a red liquid and a graduated scale, no one here recognises it although guesses have included a clinometer, pressure tester (ventilation or otherwise) or a one off piece of lab equipment.

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If anyones got an idea I'd be really pleased to hear from you!

Darran

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parkus
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15 years ago

I'd say either pressure-related, or perhaps used for navigation?

Morlock
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15 years ago

Some sort of manometer? based on the pic I'd guess the instrument would be set at the angle dictated by the level vial and looking at the scale and separator chambers it was designed to survive out of range inputs.
Strange that it appears to be adjustable but also has fixing holes.

ttxela
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15 years ago

Looks like a more complex version of the sort of manometer you have on air filter boxes so you can monitor the resistance across it as the filter blocks?

Darran Cowd
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15 years ago

Dear All,

Thanks for the posts so far, I think ttxela may be on to something, we do have the odd underground dust filtration/supression units in the collection (microdyne for instance). Of course when these things turn up on site the ventilation experts among our ex NCB/BC staff are enjoying the delights of fairer climbs away from a school holiday crazed Caphouse (not that I'm compaining, its nice to see the place busy!)...

If anyone else has any ideas though they'll gratefully be received!

Darran :thumbsup:

Brakeman
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15 years ago

It looks like a form of an inclined tube manometer for measuring low pressure.

The management thanks you for your co operation.

Phil Ford
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15 years ago

It looks like part of an air pressure measuring and sender unit that we used in a large booster fan installation. It measured the pressure difference either side of the fans, it had a sender unit that sent readings to the control room computer, any change in the output of the booster fans was picked up straight away along with changes in electrical power that could indicate a possible fault developing.