$175 CO meter?

Holly and Chris Mills scmills at tntech.edu
Tue Mar 13 22:59:41 GMT 2001


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I've missed much of this thread - can you advise where I can find (or what 
it takes to build) this CO meter?

I'd love to have one.

At 07:27 PM 3/4/01, you wrote:
>"Rich M" <rsrich at cwcom.net>  wrote...
> >in a green box  it sounds like it may be made by 'Gunsons'. If it is the
> > unit I'm thinking of, your conclusion is correct - best left in the
>shop -
> > we had one here at work for evaluation (albeit a bit unfairly comparing
>it
> > to an infra-red absorption meter) and it wasn't much use.
> > However I may be completely wrong and thinking of a different
> > unit.......
>
>The Gunson is the only one I have ever seen (okay, they make two models -
>one with a digital gauge, the other a sweep hand).  I went so far as to
>buy one of these (the digital one), only to return shortly after
>purchase.  IMO, it is for very crude measurements - mine swung wildly
>around a range of negative (?) PPM to over a hundred PPM on a car that
>was in a very clean state of tune.
>
>I suspect the $35 home CO meter may actually be more accurate, and I'd be
>interested to hear of your success (or failure) in using it for exhaust
>CO measurement.
>
>Brad
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Chris in Mid-TN

ICQ# 5944649

1978 Volkswagen Westfalia               (almost done)
1965 VW Beetle   with a Type IV power   (perpetual project)
1949 Chevy 3100 p/u             (daily driver)
1999 Honda CR-V                 (wife's ride)
1981 Honda CB900 Custom moto-sickle     (other daily driver)
1972 Hodaka Wombat (FOR SALE)   (needs new home)

1997 Wife named Holly
2000 model son named Zane

several used felines (2 shiny black, one in primer)


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I've missed much of this thread - can you advise where I can find (or
what it takes to build) this CO meter?<br>
<br>
I'd love to have one.<br>
<br>
At 07:27 PM 3/4/01, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>&quot;Rich M&quot;
&lt;rsrich at cwcom.net&gt;&nbsp; wrote...<br>
&gt;in a green box&nbsp; it sounds like it may be made by 'Gunsons'. If
it is the<br>
&gt; unit I'm thinking of, your conclusion is correct - best left in
the<br>
shop -<br>
&gt; we had one here at work for evaluation (albeit a bit unfairly
comparing<br>
it<br>
&gt; to an infra-red absorption meter) and it wasn't much use.<br>
&gt; However I may be completely wrong and thinking of a different <br>
&gt; unit.......<br>
<br>
The Gunson is the only one I have ever seen (okay, they make two models
-<br>
one with a digital gauge, the other a sweep hand).&nbsp; I went so far as
to<br>
buy one of these (the digital one), only to return shortly after<br>
purchase.&nbsp; IMO, it is for very crude measurements - mine swung
wildly<br>
around a range of negative (?) PPM to over a hundred PPM on a car
that<br>
was in a very clean state of tune.<br>
<br>
I suspect the $35 home CO meter may actually be more accurate, and I'd
be<br>
interested to hear of your success (or failure) in using it for
exhaust<br>
CO measurement.<br>
<br>
Brad<br>
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<font face="Unicorn" size=6 color="#008080"><b>Chris</font><font face="Unicorn" size=6>
</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4>in Mid-TN<br>
<br>
</font><font color="#808000"><b>ICQ# 5944649<br>
<br>
</b></font>1978 <font face="Diner" size=5 color="#800000">Volkswagen Westfalia</font> <x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><font size=4>(almost done)<br>
</font>1965 <font face="Diner" size=5 color="#800000">VW Beetle</font><font face="Diner">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>with a Type IV power <x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>(<font color="#FF0000">perpetual</font><font color="#000080"> project</font>)<br>
1949 <font face="Diner" size=5 color="#800000">Chevy 3100</font> p/u&nbsp; <x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>(daily driver)<br>
1999 <font face="Diner" size=5 color="#800000">Honda CR-V<x-tab>&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab></font><font face="Courier, Courier">(wife's ride)<br>
</font>1981 <font face="Diner" size=5 color="#800000">Honda CB900 Custom</font> moto-sickle<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>(other daily driver)<br>
1972 <font color="#800000"><b>Hodaka Wombat</b></font> (<font size=5 color="#FF0000"><b><u>FOR SALE</u></b></font>)<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>(needs new home)<br>
<br>
1997 Wife named<font color="#0000FF"> </font><font face="Vivaldi" size=7 color="#000080">Holly<br>
</font>2000 model son named <font face="Librarian" size=5 color="#0000FF">Zane<br>
<br>
</font>several used felines (2 shiny black, one in primer)<br>
<br>
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