Thanks, Allen. That's very helpful.
On Apr 30, 2011, at 5:27 PM, Allen Worrall wrote: > I had a portafilter gauge that indicated that the built in gauge was 2 bar > high, but I had no way to know if either one was correct. So I spent a fair > amount of money buying a larger gauge. I forget what the accuracy > certification was, but it was enough that I thought it would be helpful. If I > recall correctly it was calibrated in PSI and bar. I spent a great deal of > effort and some money finding the fittings that would adapt this gauge to the > threads on the bottom of the portafilter, in a manner that would permit me to > support this rather large and heavy gauge. The result was that the > portafilter gauge I obtained from WLL agreed with my special gauge, so I > concluded they were both correct and the built in gauge was the one that was > wrong. > > Allen Worrall > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Dan Hagelin > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Is the brew pressure gauge accurate? > > 2 bar high; 3 bar low. That's a huge range. Did you guys use a portafilter > pressure gauge to get a better reading? It seems like the built-in gauge is > pretty worthless. > > > On Apr 30, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Jean-Sebastien Morisset wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:42:42AM -0800, Allen Worrall wrote: >>> In the archives is some information I submitted maybe 2 years ago. I >>> established that my pressure gauge read 2 bar high. >> >> Mine was 3 bar low. :-) >> >> js. >> -- >> Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Administrator <[email protected]> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Brewtus" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
