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In duct leak-test, which test gives best result?

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Question added by Mohammed salmankhan Kayani , Senior Mechanical Engineer , Al-YAMAMA Company for Trading & Contracting
Date Posted: 2016/03/16
Muhammad Arsalan Siddiqui
by Muhammad Arsalan Siddiqui , Associate Director (MEP) , JLL

basically we have three test

Light Test

Smoke test 

pressure test

Among all these pressure test is most authentic and show best results

Khurshid Siddiqui
by Khurshid Siddiqui , Lead HVAC Engineer , Wood Group

Depending on the type of duct standard recommend test. For low pressure ducts in Domestic and Commercial Building Light test is enough. 

chetan sharma
by chetan sharma , Senior project engineer , trinity engineering services

the type of testing depends on the system usually the most expensive method is smoke and the most convincing method is light and most accurate is pressure but in general we employ light test during the evening or night time

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