 What's up guys welcome back. I have another video for you what we're going to be analyzing today is ultrasonic leak detection There's very few videos out there I hope to dig into the myth and what exactly they can and can't do so far the results have been very promising I've been pretty happy with it, and I want to share those with you first of all if you haven't subscribed Please click that subscribe button down below click the little bell there So you're notified when I let my next video drop and let's go ahead and get started First of all there's all kinds of different leak detectors out there Here's just a couple of them that I've got all right for the detectors I normally use you get your big blue you get your h10 pro your chif zx You've got the infrared field piece, and then you've got the infocon gasmate Each one of them have their strength and weaknesses just like anything out there the r290 and r600 and any combustible Refrigerants you're going to need the infocon. They're on the far right the infrared has a long sensor life It's not as sensitive as the other detectors here, but it doesn't fall so long I did not like the heated diode field piece unit It falls alarmed on just about everything and it just became more of a nuisance than what it was worth the tiff here It does a pretty good job They claim that it can't be poisoned far as an overexposure to refrigerant and has the pinto diode and then of course the h10 Which everybody makes you know talks about the most for rightfully so it's been around for 30 years It's been updated over the years and the thing has been pretty reliable This is my second one my first one I had was the PM it did really good Honestly, I think the PM did a little bit better than this particular one This one has a better pump system in it all these detectors have the same thing in common They need a stable environment you have up on a roof and you have high winds you might as well Forget it unless it's a humongous leak That's where we're going to come in handy with the acutrack the acutrack is not affected by the wind Because it's listening to the ultrasonic waves which are somewhere around the 30,000 to 40,000 kilohertz So this thing amplifies whatever it hears in that realm and then brings it down around the thousand Hertz range So that you can hear the actual characteristics what the noise is that it's hearing actually made in the USA It's pretty simplistic. It uses a 9-volt battery that has up to 200 hours of life and It's a replaceable battery nothing special there to have to purchase later and it's pretty well built It's got one earphone jack there inside One heavy-duty screw there has one sliding volume control on the side here This is very smooth does not have any static and what you're going to hear in some of these videos You're going to hear static and then for my prior DJ days and pro audio that I still run You know, it sounds like static from the fader possibly but what I've noticed is it's not That's sometimes the sounds that you'll hear from the leak it comes in a little case like this right here came with basic headphones They have an upgrade version where you can get either the gooseneck or you can get the standard the difference between the gooseneck in this model Here which was the original version This piece right here unscrews and you can screw on the sensing element here and it's like a stethoscope and you can actually hear inside of devices like TXVs and steam traps and you can actually Identify whether they're feeding through it's like a little diaphragm inside there that basically transfers the noise from the stem there which it looks just like the same diameter of a thermometer probe and you unscrew the tip that you had on there previously which is kind of the cone that helps direct the sound into it and You can screw on the probe. They've got here for more of a stethoscope style Diagnostic tool you can put it up against bearings on motors You can do it on steam traps TXVs and once you get used to what the sounds should be you can easily diagnose What's going on the other gizmo they got here is this little hose which I'm going to make one It's a little longer You can lose a little sensitivity if you go with a longer one But this is going to help you narrow down the sound where it's coming from it literally just pushes right into the end of the stout there and When you get the area already located where your leak is you can sit there and really narrow it down with this This also gets rid of any ambient Noises that that you're having issues with this also can be used for electrical pickup of like ballasts that are going bad You can pick up arcing and breakers several different things the key with this Detector is getting used to it and learning its characteristics of while it works. This can be used out in the high wind It's not affected by wind whatsoever now the listening device I like to use of these sony earbuds. They're a noise isolation They do have noise isolation headphones that go over your ears These are a little bit dainy. So you got to be careful with them. They're about 50 some dollars I happen to already have them. So that's reason why I am using those I did buy the cost Isolation headphones that you can order with the kit one of the upgraded kits But I didn't find them to be as efficient as what these are. These are a little bit louder for me I kind of like that. Let's go ahead and take a look at some of the videos. I've shot and we'll just Listen to some of the things that I found all right guys. I've been really curious to know how this acutrack system works I tried something similar or may even been the first generation back in the 90s and They say this is the third generation VPE. There is two VPEs, I guess there's a second generation and a third generation What I've got is it hooked up to a client speaker here so that you can hear the noise What we've got here is a Mitsubishi coil that I changed out a little while back and what I found it is right in here but What we're gonna do is we're gonna go over it with just the You can hear it. It's just a hiss. I guess if you want to call it a hiss it's kind of you got to know what you're listening for and This is a really small one because if you look at the I'll quit talking but watch the LED Definitely right there and we can spray it with the soap. It seems to be a little thicker so it clings a little bit better We're gonna go ahead and cut away at this and take a look at it a little closer The leak is basically on the backside of this copper piece here I sprayed it and it makes some really funny noises when the when the soap goes over top of it Yeah, hear that funny noise kind of weird You can hear Stupid things like touching your clothing a foot and a half away And you can hear me touching my clothes. I speak with one of the ladies at the Factory you should really depends on what kind of hole or crack you've got the rougher The penetration crack hole leak whatever you want to call it the more noise is gonna make if it's really smooth It's gonna make a lot less I've noticed walking around with it out here in the wind It's not here in the wind at all you when it's going right into the microphone Looks like it's using like a PZO tweeter style device for the sensing element And I did buy the cost headphones, which is what they would normally come with Yeah, it made a lot more noise The water that was more of the noise it makes with the water the water is thinner I mean it's picking it all the way out here Which it's a pretty good size leak But if you were up on a roof and the wind was blowing Your leak detectors not gonna pick that up Not very easily This one here You can see where it's leaked in the coil in here And then You can see over here too. It's on the same vicinity. This one's gonna be a little bit better example This is 56 pounds of nitrogen on it. We've got it plugged in. I can hear it already over here I got it at half volume It appears to me that there's probably more than one spot But I mean that's turned all the way down turn it back up And it's picking it up from this distance here So say you're outside and it's a windy day. This is a prime example where this would really come in handy They even say in the advertisement that The tool is uh another tool to add to your arsenal for special situations and such as that All right guys, hopefully the video is more informative for you So you can maybe make a better decision on whether it's something you'd be interested in looking into For me personally, I think it's going to be good for a lot of different scenarios I don't think it's going to be your only leak detector But it's definitely going to be something to add to the arsenal in those situations where it's too windy Or it's such a huge leak that it's so contaminated in the area that the detector can't narrow it down For all intensive purposes, I believe this to be one of the more accurate detectors out there I've read as many reviews as I could find on them The amp probe out there is a lot cheaper I've heard a lot of mixed reviews on that one. I don't know exactly how good it is But I do know how my amp probe meter is and Most the amp probe stuff is usually a little bit lesser line And it definitely is not made in the united states. There also is the infacon whisper Those reviews on that one also were kind of mixed on what I've seen just really isn't that many reviews out there Make this device work. Well, like I said, you're going to want some noise isolation earphones Like the sony possibly or if you have a choice pair that you like that sound good I definitely do not recommend the cheap ones that come with it These here don't isolate anything and it lets a lot of extra noise in The sound of a leak that you're going to hear is totally different than the other things that you're going to pick up It will pick up clanging and kitchens and Silverware and things like that. It definitely has its idea of places to be used at If there's a lot of loud noise and stuff like that, they'll make a different noise It definitely is going to screw with you But it's not going to sound the same as what the leaks will Once again goes back to learning your equipment and getting used to how the machine works And that's how you're going to be able to narrow it down in noisy environments I do appreciate everyone taking the time to watch the video Once again, if you would like share and subscribe if you have any questions comments Please leave those down there just in case anyone from my company is watching that last video there of the residential unit Was one of my friends and not one of our customers If you have any ideas for future videos, please feel free to also leave those down in the comments down below Also, you can find my email facebook and all those other wonderful things down there in the bottom Until next time guys, thanks for watching and we'll catch you on the next one