Sho-Gauge™ Bluetooth Pressure Gauges
Sho-Gauge™ Bluetooth Pressure Gauges
IMPROVE TESTING AND TRAINING
Why Sho-Gauge?
“Is there an easier way to get pressure readings?”
Doing manual calculations over and over isn’t the most time-effective way to test your lines, train your crew, or evaluate a firefighting nozzle or water flow appliance. And sometimes, reading the face on an analog gauge isn’t as easy as you’d like. If you’re looking for an easier way to get your pressure readings, the Sho-Gauge Bluetooth Pressure Gauge is your answer.
What is Sho-Gauge?
Sho-Gauge is a Bluetooth pressure gauge that easily installs in your waterflow setup and provides real-time pressure readings to your smart device. This enables you and your crew to understand your PDP (Pump Discharge Pressure) and make necessary adjustments, calculate friction loss, and experiment with how uphill or downhill slopes affect your needed PDP.
Improve Testing and Training
How can a Bluetooth pressure gauge help your crew?
The SHO-FLOW can’t take away the benefits of thorough training, but it can help ensure your crew is doing their calculations right and learning to work with the equipment they have on hand. You can use Sho-Gauge to double check calculations and correct errors before you land on the fire ground.
Sho-Gauge can also be used during testing operations. With accurate, real-time pressure readings you can understand if your PDP is where it needs to be and check if your friction loss is higher or lower than expected. If all you’re doing is testing equipment, you can remove the manual calculations and ensure your firefighting equipment is working properly!
Features and Benefits
- Accuracy: +/-2.5% full scale
- Maximum Operating Pressure: 300 psi (20 bar)
- Easy-to-use Sho-Gauge app
- Three models available for various coupling sizes
- Bluetooth connection powered by a long-lasting CR123A battery
- Fully enclosed under the cap where the gauge face traditionally sits
Available Models:
Sho-Gauge is available in the following models:
- In-line appliance with 1.5” (38 mm) couplings
- In-line appliance with 2.5” (65 mm) couplings
- Stand-alone for any portable monitor, apparatus monitor, or appliance with ¼” NPT threads
The Sho-Gauge App
You can download the Sho-Gauge app on any smart device capable of downloading apps from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
FAQ
Why do I need a Sho-Gauge?
A Bluetooth water pressure gauge can make testing and training easier for you and your crew! With SHO-GAUGE, you simply connect the gauge, flow water, and get real-time pressure readings without trying to count the tick marks on a typical needle gauge.
During training, you can double check your crew’s calculations, correct errors, and understand your pump discharge pressure (PDP) and friction loss. At the end of the day, SHO-GAUGE is a great way to make testing and training a little easier for your crew.
Why wouldn’t I just use an analog gauge?
Analog gauges inevitably have some flaws that you might deal with. To read the gauge, you need to be close to it. With Sho-Gauge, whoever connects to the Bluetooth connection can see the pressure readings in real time, even if they aren’t next to the gauge. With Bluetooth, you can move around 40 feet away from the pressure gauge!
Since the readings appear on your device, you also eliminate your risk of misreading the gauge face, dealing with fog and condensation, or cracking the gauge face during use.
How does Sho-Gauge make the power it needs for Bluetooth?
The Sho-Gauge uses a CR123A primary battery that is fully enclosed under the cap where the gauge face would traditionally be. This battery supplies the necessary power to supply a Bluetooth connection and enables you to connect to the device before you begin flowing water.
How long will the battery last?
Battery life depends on how often you use your Sho-Gauge pressure gauge. Smaller departments that do not use the device often will see the longest battery life, while larger departments that use the device regularly can expect a shorter battery life. A training facility with heavy use will have the shortest battery life due to the amount of usage. Under average use, we expect the battery to last one year.
Where do I put Sho-Gauge in my waterflow setup?
Sho-Gauge is available in a 1.5” (38 mm) and 2.5” (65 mm) model that can be used in-line on properly sized couplings. A stand-alone unit with ¼” NPT threads is also available, so it can be installed in the pressure port of any appliance.
Does Sho-Gauge ever need calibrated?
The device comes fully calibrated from the manufacturer and does not require calibration once received. If you would like to double check the calibration or believe it is no longer accurate, you can easily calibrate the unit in the field or during training through the app.
Is it hard to calibrate?
Not at all! You can calibrate the device using the app and a hand-held pitot:
- Open the Sho-Gauge app
- Connect to your gauge
- Click the Menu button on the top left
- Select “calibration” from the menu
- Follow the on-screen directions to complete calibration
How accurate is the device?
We know that accuracy is important to properly set your PDP and train your crew. Sho-Gauge is accurate +/-2.5% full scale.
Do I need a smart phone to use it?
To use the app and connect via Bluetooth you will need an Apple or Android smart device capable of downloading the app.
Does the app cost money?
The Sho-Gauge app is free to download and use on any Apple or Android smart device.
Download on Google Play or the Apple App Store here.
Can more than one device connect at once?
Currently, only one device can connect to the Bluetooth connection. It connects instantaneously and keeps continuous connection with or without flowing water.