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Vent: I was checking for gas leaks wrong for years and didn't know it
I was working on a 5 year old gas dryer in a rental unit last Tuesday, and my old soap bubble method wasn't showing a thing. The tenant mentioned a faint smell, so I borrowed a buddy's electronic leak detector on a hunch. It went off like crazy near the valve body. Turns out the tiny leak was on the downstream side of the shutoff, a spot my bubbles never really covered well. Has anyone else had a close call that made them switch up their leak check routine completely?
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mark_hernandez1220d ago
That part about the leak being on the downstream side of the shutoff is a really good catch. It makes me wonder, did you start checking valves with the gas on and the appliance off as a standard step now? I know my old routine was to just check connections with the appliance running, and I might have missed that exact spot too.
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the_hugo20d ago
Man, that's everywhere. You follow the steps, you get the expected result, and you never see the weird edge case. Like only checking your phone battery at the end of the day, so you never notice the one app that drains it in two hours. Or only looking for your keys in the same three spots. You have to change the test to find the hidden problem.
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