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3rd Apr 2017, 01:43 PM #1
The Hazards of Auctions. - Flow Meter
At an auction I went to recently I got distracted or just plain screwed up but ended up bidding and buying the lot after the item I went for. So not only did I waste an entire day for nothing it cost me for something I don't think I have any need for or want.
It is an Wilh.Lambrecht KG Gottingen flow meter.
Looks like new in side the box and my never have been used.
Is it for gas? Who uses them? What is it worth?
And where would the best place be to sell it? eBay?
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3rd Apr 2017, 01:53 PM #2Senior Member
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Ouch.... The best person to sell it to is the underbidder 😭
If there are no other markings, I'd email the manufacturer. My guess is water flow.
-russ
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3rd Apr 2017, 02:09 PM #3Senior Member
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At least you got a nice engineers straight edge with it, l guess that softens the blow a little?
Peter
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3rd Apr 2017, 02:23 PM #4Most Valued Member
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its for measuring air velocity in a duct..ie exhaust/airconditioning.
With that measurement you can then calculate the volume of air going down the duct.
old as and doubt that you would get much interest these days.
Try the WWF ie DIY'ers sawdust extraction guys
auctions are great for buying good stuff that one never needs
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3rd Apr 2017, 02:26 PM #5
"Old As"
Great it's an antique must be worth heaps.
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3rd Apr 2017, 02:29 PM #6
Peter, were you at the auction? Prices were huge I thought. There was one bloke who bought all the cast iron legs Every lot and I was after the cast flypress base for my press be he out bid me on that also to turn into a coffee table.
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3rd Apr 2017, 03:26 PM #7Senior Member
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I was at the auction for about 1 hour but l didn't bother to register to bid, l was just interested to see what some things went for, and yes it was very surprising what some things went for, $1000 for a wooden trolley with cast wheels, for example.
Peter
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3rd Apr 2017, 04:09 PM #8
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3rd Apr 2017, 04:48 PM #9Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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It looks like a Pitot tube flow meter, for what the other chasps say it is used for. Almost certainly for AC ducts rather than dust extraction ducts.
What's its max reading - I suspect not very much?
To be useful for wood dust extraction it really needs to be able to read to at least 20 m/s and preferably 30 m/s.
Speeds above this can still be measured using a lest duct that is larger than the duct in use
Air flow across a duct is non uniform so although at 1250 CFM the average speed in a 6" duct is ~32m/s it's ~20% more than this in the middle and nominally 20% less than the average at the walls.
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