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Frequently Asked Questions and their Answers.

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Boiler Efficiency
Can I use a combustion analyser to test a car exhaust?
Can water damage my analyser?
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Monoxide
Choosing A Gas Analyser??
Do I need a heated line and /or a gas conditioning unit to measure SO2 and NO2 accurately?
Does cold weather affect my analyser?
Does the KM900 autolog data?
Effect of Alititude
Effect of Humidity
How do I adjust my display contrast when the screen is blank on power up?
How do I calculate efficiency on wood burning appliances?
How do I change from natural gas to light oil on KANE250?
How do I enter my company details into my KANE250?
How do I enter my company details into my KANE3500 Pressure Meter?
How do I enter my company details into my KANE425 / KANE450 / KANE455?
How do I set the CO/CO2 Ratio to the top line on a KANE250?
How do I take draft readings with the KANE400, the readings jump around?
How do I transfer data from my KANE425 via Bluetooth to my PC?
How do you interpret Quintox tabulated data from fireworks when there is high / low CO switchover?
How do you store readings to print out later?
How does the KANE250 do a smoke test? It's always blank on the printout
How is Combustion Efficiency calculated?
How is excess air calculated?
I cannot get a CO2 reading - what is the problem with the unit?
I have alot of questions regarding moving between windows on display - especially 400's
I've had my analyser for a couple of years - I have hardly used it and now it doesn't work - why?
Is an analyser's calibration data affected by different heights
Is an analyser's calibration data affected by different levels of ambient humidity?
My analyser is on, probe is in flue but O2 reading is 20.9 and CO reading is zero. What's wrong?
My KANE400 has rechargeable batteries but the charger does not seem to work. Why?
Oxygen Referencing
Tech Tips/FAQs
What are Hydrogen Compensated CO Sensors?
What are safe levels of CO and CO2 in rooms?
What are the effects of Carbon Monoxide?
What CO level can I expect from a boiler?
What does COn mean?
What does NOx mean?
What gas preparation needs to be carried out in order to maintain accurate results?
What general care should be taken of gas analysers?
What general care should be taken of the printers?
What is air free CO?
What is Car Exhaust Diagnostics?
What is excess air?
What is net temperature and how do I measure it?
What is OIML Class 1?
What is Oxygen referencing?
What is special about a condensing boiler?
What is the CO/CO2 Ratio (Poison Index)?
What is the CO/CO2 ratio?
What is the conversion factor for ppm to mg/m3?
What is the difference between combustion Eff and boiler Eff?
What is the difference between combustion efficiency and boiler efficiency?
What is the difference between net combustion efficiency and gross combustion efficiency?
What is the Hydrocarbon Measurement?
What is the response of the HC104 module to...?
What is the sensor life of the RD99?
What is True RMS?
What level of CO is acceptable in a room?
What ratio are the Hawk CT200 clamps?
What readings can I expect from a diesel exhaust?
What should O2 ref be set to?
What values for excess air can be expected?
When do I know that the readings I am seeing are the ones I should record or print?
Where does CO come from?
Why are my flue temperature readings -ve when in a hot flue?
Why can't I use normal paper in my printer?
Why do my EFF readings show ----?
Why do sensors need servicing or replacing?
Why does my analyser switch off during countdown?
Why does my CO / CO2 ratio show - - - -?
Why does the cold affect my readings?
Why does the KANE400 read pressure? (What is this needed for?)
Why doesn't my CO sensor zero quickly?
Why shouldn't I replace my own sensors?
Why won't my analyser switch off?
Will the RD99 detect dogs breath?

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