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    graciec is offline Registered+ Thread Analyst graciec 0
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    Default Re: Sand filter pressure

    That is an excellent tip! so can I just watch this gauge and know what it marks as normal for now? or is it better to replace? does it need that special tape in the threads that is sometimes used? I will have to see if ours has it now Didn't know they were so junky...thanks

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    Default Re: Sand filter pressure

    You can order very decent gauges inexpensively from www.mcmastercarr.com.

    HTH,

    pj

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    matt4x4 is offline Lifetime Member Verb Herder matt4x4 2 stars matt4x4 2 stars
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    Default Re: Sand filter pressure

    My guage also went after 2 years, just replaced it, tehn took the old guage off, ripped it appart, "reset" it by bending the mechanism inside it until the needle dropped to ) but did not bottom out completely on teh stopper peg.
    After this i figured - "yeah right McGyver, I highly doubt this thing will work again". Unscrewed the new (now 15 minutes old) guage, put the old one back in, and voila, EXACTLY the same reading as the new guage gave me seconds earlier.
    So, now i have 2 guages that are OK, if one goes, I switch to the other and fix the uncalibrated guage using my new McGyver calibration technique.

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    Cool Re: Sand filter pressure

    cool;i love to take things apart and it would be a good spare.Nothing to lose if it's not 'mcgyverable'......

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