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Gene South
02-27-2010, 06:29 PM
Anyone use a gas sniffer electronic device. Unfortanetly for me, I am not blessed with a good sense of smell, and often I have not detected the scent of natural gas, when others have. I see the gas sniffers on the market, but they are several hundred dollars. Anyone use one of these devices, etc and welcome any comments.

Thanks

Gene

A.D. Miller
02-28-2010, 07:57 AM
Anyone use a gas sniffer electronic device. Unfortanetly for me, I am not blessed with a good sense of smell, and often I have not detected the scent of natural gas, when others have. I see the gas sniffers on the market, but they are several hundred dollars. Anyone use one of these devices, etc and welcome any comments.

Thanks

Gene

GS: You can get a TIFF 8800A for under $150 if you look around.

Gene South
02-28-2010, 08:22 AM
Hi A.D. Thanks.

Do you find you use the Tiff quite often? and find it reliable ? Thanks for the tip, I did locate one for $176.

Gene

A.D. Miller
02-28-2010, 08:49 AM
Hi A.D. Thanks.

Do you find you use the Tiff quite often? and find it reliable ? Thanks for the tip, I did locate one for $176.

Gene

GS: I use it only to verify what I already smell. Keep looking, I know they can be found for <$150.

Michael Garrity
02-28-2010, 11:08 AM
A canary works quite well

Raymond Wand
02-28-2010, 12:37 PM
Purchased a Tiff when I first started in 1991. Rarely used it and was religated to the shelf. Through it out last year.

If I remember correctly pipe dope will also give false reading.

A.D. Miller
02-28-2010, 12:38 PM
A canary works quite well

MG: Except that the proportion of natural gas in air required to produce the collapse of a canary is about 65%.

A.D. Miller
02-28-2010, 12:40 PM
If I remember correctly pipe dope will also give false reading.

RW: Depends on what the dope is smoking in that pipe.:cool: