Hello all and good morning I decided to post a new thread regarding Argon/co2 flow gauges. So a few hours ago I bought one of those cheap 30.00 flow gauges on ebay and having second thoughts. In the recent past I owned one of those high dollar Victor Medalist flow gauges, If I remember correctly the cost was some where over the 200.00 mark. Funds are tight and just looking for a affordable alternative and wanted to ask for recommendations on what to buy. Really would like to know if any one has experience in buying and using one of these inexpensive gauges Are they safe to use? at these tank pressures It's really a bit worrisome. any advise is greatly appreciated.
Reply:You can get the "floating ball" flowmeters for not much $. They're better than the dual-gauge jobbies and not much different in price IIRC.If you want to calibrate them / check them, you can get a ball flowmeter tester on ebay for a few bucks.
Reply:I agreeAll I use is the flowmeters floating ball type. But today I use Fluxcore no gas wire. I weld outside and gas will blow away.Dave
Originally Posted by StandarDyne
You can get the "floating ball" flowmeters for not much $. They're better than the dual-gauge jobbies and not much different in price IIRC.If you want to calibrate them / check them, you can get a ball flowmeter tester on ebay for a few bucks.
Reply:All of the low dollar ones with the floating ball in the glass tube have been fine for me. I bought them on Amazon. The ones HTP America have are good too. I think I probably have bought 4-5 of them over the past 10 years with all of the welders I have bought and sold. They all worked fine. https://usaweld.com/products/htp-ame...2415b17b&_ss=rMiller Multimatic 255
Reply:Same here, all of mine were "basic" units that came with my machines. Haven't had any issues with them. I'm sure they not as accurate as the other units, but I'm pretty sure the design is not too difficult to manufacture with decent accuracy consistency.
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