PineRidge
Super Member
In the process of searching for information regarding PTO driven boom sprayers on the Internet I ran into an interesting story about a chap that built one and told his tale (in part). Did any of you guys that are more familiar with glycerin filled pressure gauges ever hear of such a thing, think it's at all possible?
Interesting story about the gauge... When I first tested this unit I ran the pressure low and slowly increased it. I was looking back at the pump when bang! Something exploded! I thought a hose came off. Something hit me in the side of the face. The pressure gauge which was level with my head had blew out the glass. The glass and the glycerin were all over my face. I only opened one eye since I could feel glycerin over the other. I looked down and blood was dripping into my hand. I thought wow, I must be pretty bad. I shut off the tractor and walked to the house. I stopped in the garage and decided to look in the car mirror so I could tell how my wife would react. I had only one time little cut on my nose! The glycerin had made it seem like I was bleeding much more and with the pain of the impact I thought I had serious damage! Got lucky! The gauge exploded because I neglected to remove the tiny little plug tip on the top that you are supposed to cut off. I installed the gauge several months before testing and figured I'd cut it later in case I had to tip the unit over.
Interesting story about the gauge... When I first tested this unit I ran the pressure low and slowly increased it. I was looking back at the pump when bang! Something exploded! I thought a hose came off. Something hit me in the side of the face. The pressure gauge which was level with my head had blew out the glass. The glass and the glycerin were all over my face. I only opened one eye since I could feel glycerin over the other. I looked down and blood was dripping into my hand. I thought wow, I must be pretty bad. I shut off the tractor and walked to the house. I stopped in the garage and decided to look in the car mirror so I could tell how my wife would react. I had only one time little cut on my nose! The glycerin had made it seem like I was bleeding much more and with the pain of the impact I thought I had serious damage! Got lucky! The gauge exploded because I neglected to remove the tiny little plug tip on the top that you are supposed to cut off. I installed the gauge several months before testing and figured I'd cut it later in case I had to tip the unit over.