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Subject:Re: Propane Sniffer (Was: Propex Install at Westy Ventures)
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:18:43 -0400

The model I have is <http://www.allgasdetectors.com/products/hv111.shtml>

Yours is less expensive, but I haven't regretted my purchase either.

On Jul 22, 2011, at 10:58 PM, Karl Mullendore wrote:

> This is the one I use, less expensive and very accurate:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/UEI-CD100A-Leak-Detector-Combustible/dp/B000HHTY7Q
>
> I've been using it even more for the occasional home appliance repair task.
> Just today I replaced an oven valve in a friend's gas oven, after she
> detected a faint gas smell. No way to use soapy water there, the gas was
> leaking from the nozzle. A few years ago I used it to also diagnose multiple
> loose connections on the same oven, where the local GE appliance 'repairman'
> told her to buy a new stove because 'everything was leaking'.
>
> Karl
> www.westyventures.com