Stop your leak by using Leak Testing
Machine
What is leak?
A leak is a flow of gas (or liquid) through the wall of a
vessel (via an imperfection such as a hole, crack or bad seal).
Leak require a pressure difference to generate the flow,
they always go from higher pressure to lower pressure.
Leak Testing - what unit do you use?
For leaks of air into atmosphere, units are usually express
as mm3 cm3 (cc) per second or minute. So 16.6 mm3/sec
=1 cm3 /min.
A bubble under water is about 30-50 mm3, so 1
bubble per second is about 30 mm3/sec or 2 cm3/min.
A standard unit of leakage which takes account of air pressure
is the mbarl/sec. (Millibar-litre per second). A leak into atmosphere of 1mbarl/sec is
equivalent to a volume leak of 100 mm3/sec.
A leak pooling is more than just a headache for the
homeowner. The pool owner faces high water bills, excessive chemical usage, and
the risk of additional structural damage. You as their pool professional are
faced with the equivalent of finding a needed in a haystack. The average
residential pool has over 1200 square feet of structure surface area and 100’s
of feet of underground plumbing. In all of this area, you are looking for
something as small as the head of a pin.
A leaking pool is more than just
a headache for the homeowner. The pool owner faces high water bills, excessive
chemical usage, and the risk of additional structural damage. You, as their
pool professional, are faced with the equivalent of finding a needle in a
haystack. The average residential pool has over 1200 square feet of structural
surface area and 100’s of feet of underground plumbing. In all of this area,
you are looking for something as small as the head of a pin, (a 1/16” diameter
hole can release 100’s of gallons of water a day). The task seems daunting.
It’s no wonder many service technicians cringe at the thought of having to find
a leak.
However, the reality is that this necessary part of any pool professional’s duties can become a truly profitable and satisfying part of your business (with a minimal investment in equipment, an understanding of basic physics, and a little bit of practice). Because leak detection is perceived to be a difficult task, those that have mastered the simple process find that they can charge premium service rates just to find the leak. Furthermore, most leak jobs directly result in additional repair, renovation, or liner replacement business.
However, the reality is that this necessary part of any pool professional’s duties can become a truly profitable and satisfying part of your business (with a minimal investment in equipment, an understanding of basic physics, and a little bit of practice). Because leak detection is perceived to be a difficult task, those that have mastered the simple process find that they can charge premium service rates just to find the leak. Furthermore, most leak jobs directly result in additional repair, renovation, or liner replacement business.
How a leak professional finds a leak
Leak Testing is a mental game that
involves synthesizing clues from a variety of different sources. The process of
moving from initial identification of a leak symptom to exact location of the
leak is most efficiently accomplished when the job is approached using a 3-step
process.
·
1st Gather a base of information about the pool and the suspected
leak with the objective of confirming that there is indeed a leak problem that
is worth your trip to the pool, and establishing suspected leak areas.
·
2nd Isolate the problem area by doing a pressure test. The
objective of this step is to eliminate non-leaking areas of the pool as well as
identify areas that will be inspected using more sophisticated and
time-consuming leak location procedures.
·
3rd Pinpoint the leak using different techniques and equipment
depending on where the problem area is (plumbing, gunite, vinyl, etc.).
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