Fieldpiece CAT85 Combustion Analyzer Review
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- Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2022
- In this video we review the new CAT85-K2 combustion analyzer from Fieldpiece! The first half of the video goes over the major features and starting at 12:20 you can see the CAT85 in action, showing off its multiple functions and ease of use. Hope you enjoy this HVAC tool review!
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Excellent Video, good content! Field piece has really stepped up they’re game over the past 5-10 years..
Thanks for coming out with a field demo of the Cat85. You may be one of the first to do so. The RUclips search doesn’t have yours yet. Your video was most helpful. My Cat85 came today. Looking forward to using it. Hope you post more on your experiences using it. Appreciate your help.
Great video, thanks for the review. I bought this combustion analyzer last week and started using it this week. It blows away the UEI version that my company provided. It feels like it is built very well. Thanks for explaining the ambient air purge when you turn it on. I have been using the ambient air in the room. Mine is primarily used for #2 Oil as I work for an oil company. As tune-up season is starting to ramp up I actually look forward to performing combustion analysis. I want to test the realtime changes as I make adjustments to the equipment. Hopefully Fieldpiece will start rolling out the sensors that are field replaceable within the next four years before mine are out of useful life.
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Great video and looks like a great tool! Much appreciated your research and testing before putting together a well organized and thorough presentation. Thanks
Thank you very much and yes it is a great tool.
Excellent demo video!
Fantastic video! You showed the product, what it includes, most of the physical features, how it’s applied in real time on a system and how it interacts with the app. This is literally the video I wanted to see on this product. Thanks for uploading. I will be subscribing.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much. I appreciate you subscribing. There will be plenty more content coming soon
Great video thank you for sharing..
I got this as well roughly a month ago. within 2 weeks of having it i was reading 0 O2. Messed with the seating of the sensors and no luck. Called tech support and they were excited to hear what was going on because of how new the equipment is and wanted to get their hands on it. Such a great tool i loved it and cant wait to get mine back
It does suck that you send to send it in and be left with nothing. If i spend 1700-$2000 for an analyzer, i expect to have it in hand for several years before sending it out
Someone was telling me the new fieldpiece analyzers don’t read below 20ppm they just say 0 when below that. Do you know if that is true? I would hope they have a 1 ppm resolution? I know I saw u using it thought maybe u knew.
@@drohvac4583 that's false. I just got mine back roughly 2 weeks ago and have had several readings below 20ppm. Fieldpiece actually informed me there was something wrong internally with my old one.
No Measure Quick
I am the first tech at our company to get one of these analyzers as we slowly replace our older UEIs.
mine reads 0% 02 after using it for 1 week. Even when it was "working" many of the readings it displayed were not realistic. The draft also has always danced around and steadily climbs even when its sitting in a still and empty room. It picks up false CO readings sitting in an empty room. I don't like that I can't customize what is displayed on the combustion screen. For example I can't have it display gas pressure on the same screen as the combustion readings.
I am very disappointed.... Hopefully Fieldpiece can get this resolved quickly and permanently or we will have to purchase something different for the rest of the crew.
Just picked one up not long ago, used 2x so far, just realized it has a manometer thanks
Can you expand why the 2 CO readings go to Zero (if you print at that time you will also get zero for the 2 CO readings) in your video why you are still testing. At what time are we ready during a test to press (Save All) go to report and print? It would be helpful if yourself, Fieldpiece or someone would present another video with the full field sequence of operation. Your first video was most helpful, but some of us need more. Thank you
Is that some sort of check valve on the flue ? Looks like a check that would be on a ejector pump or something ?
I just bought the new cat85 from Johnston supply this morning. The quick connect plug for the probe is broke out the box! Waiting for johnstone to get in a new one so i can return this one
What is the maximum resolution on the sensors? Is it 10k ppm or more for setting combustion? Does it calculate Nox I looked everywhere and can't find this info anywhere. They call this commercial grade but what I am seeing it this device is a high end residential tool because I would be worried to balance a commercial boiler with it and the fact that it won't read below 20ppm is ridiculous
How does this compare to the Testo 300? I am debating between both of those
Great video. I actually have this tool and it's good but has room for improvement. They need to give the option to change from 24hr to 12hr clock. As well as have more ability to change the setting on the app. Also it would be nice to be able to set ranges for custom fuels rather than just the CO2. But for the price it could atleast come with the tubing and connectors for checking gas pressure. But my biggest issue is the case. I plan on replacing it with something like a Pelican Case. Something rigid that will keep the device more secure that the current case. The current case has basically no padding and has no straps to strap the device in so if it falls it just moves around inside the case too much even if it's in the specific pouch. I hope the upgrade the connector for the sensor to something metal because the plastic feels really cheap to me. But the screen is great and it has a huge potential to be great. Just needs so tweeks. But great video.
My thought exactly, needs tweak, tweak and prostitutes
does it have a co sensor cutoff protector
Thanks
Sold!!!!!
Where would you place this in a package unit Sir?
As close to the inducer blower wheel as possible without hitting the wheel with the probe. Once you’ve got it in there, slightly move it around until you get the most consistent readings. The. Do you testing and analyzing from there.
Someone was telling me the new fieldpiece analyzers don’t read below 20ppm they just say 0 when below that. Do you know if that is true? I would hope they have a 1 ppm resolution?
Yes as of now it's true. Once they read below 20ppm it shows 0. There's supposed to be an update coming where it changes that to read down to 1
@@HVACTechTips that's a big bummer!
Funny how no says that in the review!!? Cause no one would want it. Watch when the update comes you all have to send it in, be without it. Why not just do it right from the start @fieldpieceproducts??
Don't buy this tool. I'm returning mine it read 8 ppm out of the box, after playing with it it went to 0 ppm. I measured my water heater went back to 8 ppm. After some time it went back to 0 ppm. I gave the probe a nitrogen bath did not change from 8 ppm CO, even though O2 fell to 0 as expected. Looks like there was a reason for not going below 20 ppm CO. This prevents you from using the tool to measure ambient CO levels.
Something else to consider it is rated to 752°F my water heater was running 650°F.
Compared to the Sauermann Si-CA 130
Si-CA 130 ~ Flue Temp -4 to +2282 °F
CAT85 ~ Flue temp 32 to 752 °F
Si-CA 130 ~ CO range 0 to 8000 ppm, with auto shut-off to protect the CO sensor.
CAT85 ~ CO range 0 to 4000 ppm
Si-CA 130 ~ 2 yr warranty tool, 4 year sensor
CAT85 ~ 1 yr warranty tool, 4 yr sensor
Si-CA 130 ~ Up to 3 gas sensors: O2, CO, NO or NOx
CAT85 ~ Up to 2 gas sensors: CO & O2
@@MarkCarpenterHVAC-me2jg sauerman analyzers are top notch
Only thing is that they don’t read between 0 - 20 co ppm. They said a update will be coming soon
Yes that's what they have told me too. They set them up like that on purpose to begin with but everyone was thinking there CO sensors were bad. I spoke with them on the phone about it because I received one early for testing and that was one of the only issues.
@@HVACTechTips yeah I love mines
First try no co or o2 reading. Called having problem with firmware. Need 1.0 firmware.
Is it out? I've looked several times for an update and haven't seen one
Not sure why they didn't make a version without a screen. If you have joblink you don't really need it. Just like the joblink probes... They would sell a ton more if they made a cat85 or 45 without a screen for a bunch less.
Goin deep 1800 bucks... Power tools!
Oh yeah!
What’s the purpose of a printer is t this Bluetooth can’t you just save pdf??? Or email???
Sorry I commented before I watched the whole video lol thanks for the good stuff
Probably if companies like to commission installs and staple the report to the install manual jacket for inspectors. Good just to leave a trail of good testing practices just in case inspectors or other companies look at equipment that you or your company installed. Just my best guess for the product choice from fieldpiece.
I know " super techs" who are like ohh yeah I have it. yeah right.
So what you're saying is... Recirculating the condensate will lower stack temperature. No thanks!
The problem is the price it's way overpriced ,even the cheaper model is around 1000