New refrigeration gauges from ClipLight offer a feature that technicians should find especially useful. Designed to diagnose smaller refrigeration and residential air conditioning systems, a sight glass in the company’s Firefly and Vision manifold gauge sets will allow the tech to immediately see the condition along with any contamination in the refrigerant/oil in the system.
Previously, the only way to examine the refrigerant/oil mix was to evacuate the system and recover the refrigerant. The Vision (pressure) manifold features a deep well, see-thru sight glass feature that uses ambient light for illumination. The Firefly combines a built-in 2x magnifying sight glass with both white or blue LED backlighting to illuminate refrigerant, contaminants and whether the system has UV dye.
Other features include: conical piston manifold valves that allow even-flow throttle adjustment, face dials that also display R-410A, R-22, and R-404A refrigerants, and a ratchet hanger that locks an intended positioning in place. Ergonomic heavy duty handles feature calibration rings that display valve position. Fine throttle control valves allow easy liquid charging of blended refrigerants.
These gauges can be used with all CFC, HCFC and HFC refrigerants and are compatible with all standard refrigerant hoses.
Cliplight Manufacturing is headquartered in Toronto.
