Originally Posted by peforeal
Coralin,I like to pump at least 5 days per week, usually Mon - Friday and take weekends off. I do this in the morning before heading on to work.
Peforeal
Great.. Thanks for the advice. I have ample time before work as well.
Now for my next question. I just received my LAPump deluxe set and the gauge on it already reads 4in Hg. I’m not a scientist or anything, but shouldn’t this read 0 (zero) under a steady-state (no vacuum) condition. I live at nearly a mile high elevation, but I can’t imagine that the pressure here is causing that much of a reading on the gauge. Should I just calibrate the needle back to zero?
Also, I gather that the 5in Hg suggested pumping vacuum is relative to the initial reading on the gauge. For the gauge on my pump, I should pump the reading to 9in Hg (since it starts at 4). Otherwise pumping only a single inHg seems trivial and wouldn’t result in anything. What’s your suggestion, reset the needle or just remember that the pump has a 4in Hg inherent offset?
I haven’t started pumping yet since I want to get all the information before starting, to ease my mind.
Thanks again,
Coralin
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