How To Design A Gas Detection System For Boiler Rooms
I worked in the gas detection industry for 7 years, and one of the common issues I help customers with is designing a gas detection system for boiler rooms. Today, I will share the steps …
How to Design a Gas Detection System for a Chiller Room
I have been working in the gas detection industry for the past seven years, and one of the most common questions I get is how to design a gas detection system for a chiller room. …
Why Do Catalytic Gas Sensors Become Poisoned?
If you work with combustible gas detection long enough, you will eventually run into a detector that looks perfectly healthy, powers up normally, passes a visual inspection, and yet completely fails to respond to gas. …
How Condensation Affects Infrared Gas Detection
If you’ve worked with infrared gas detectors long enough, you’ve almost certainly been called out to investigate a “gas leak” that turned out to be nothing more than water. Condensation is one of the most …
Can an NDIR Sensor Detect Hydrogen?
No, an NDIR sensor cannot detect hydrogen, and it never will. This isn’t a limitation of current technology or something manufacturers will eventually engineer around. It’s a hard boundary set by molecular physics. I’ve spent …
Why NDIR Technology Can Extend Portable Detector Battery Life
If you’ve ever pulled a portable multi-gas detector off the charging dock only to find it dead by the end of a 12-hour shift, there’s a good chance the culprit isn’t your battery. It’s your …
How to Test an Oxygen Sensor: A Step-by-Step Guide From the Field
If your gas detector’s oxygen sensor fails when you need it most, the consequences can be fatal. Oxygen-deficient atmospheres are among the leading causes of confined space deaths, and in nearly every incident report I’ve …
How Do You Know When Your Oxygen Sensor Is Bad? 7 Warning Signs Every Worker Should Recognize
The oxygen sensor is arguably the most important in your gas detector. It’s the one standing between you and an atmosphere that can render you unconscious in seconds without any warning smell, taste, or color. …
NDIR vs. Catalytic Bead Sensor: Which Combustible Gas Detection Technology Is Right for You?
Choosing the wrong combustible gas sensor can leave your team blind to a hazard or drown them in false alarms. After years of specifying, commissioning, and troubleshooting gas detection systems in industrial facilities, I can …
Oxygen Sensor in Gas Detectors: Why O₂ Sensors Matter More Than You Think
If you strip a standard 4-gas monitor down to its most essential component, it isn’t the combustible gas sensor or the H₂S sensor most people worry about. It’s the oxygen sensor in gas detectors that …