McGill Leak Detective® Test Kits:
Standard Test Kits
Cart Assembly
Orifice Tubes
Smoke Delivery System
Choosing a Test Kit
Calibration Services
Leak Detective Test Kit Tools:
1. Determine Proper Kit
2. Calculate Allowable Leakage by Leakage Class
3. What Can Your Kit Measure?
4. Calculate Extension
Cord Wire Gauge for Leak Detective Fans
Calculate allowable leakage based on leakage class.
Enter the total surface
area of the duct system to test. Pick the specified leakage class and test pressure.
Click the Calculate
Allowable Leakage button to see what cfm leakage you must measure based on the input data.
Duct system surface area:
sq ft
Leakage class:
choose one
3
6
12
24
48
Test Pressure:
choose one
0.5
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
12
14
16
in wg
Allowable Leakage (cfm):
Recommended McGill Leak Detective Test Kit:
Calculations
based on formulas given in SMACNA's HVAC Air Duct Leakage Test Manual , 1st
edition, 1985 (5th printing 1993).
Find out what your Leak Detective Test Kit can measure.
Select your McGill Leak
Detective test kit, then pick the nearest duct system test pressure—the pressure
at which you are required to test. Select the options for length of flex duct and number
of bends that best match the configuration from your test-rig to the duct system.
Click the Calculate Maximum
Leakage button to see what cfm your kit can measure.
Choose your kit:
choose one
LTK-S (4-inch tube)
LTK-L (5-inch tube)
LTK-6 (6-inch tube)
LTK-8 (8-inch tube)
System test pressure:
choose one
0.5
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
12
14
16
in wg
Feet of flex duct:
choose one
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
15
20
25
30
ft
Number of bends:
choose one
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
bends
Maximum Leakage (cfm) your kit can measure:
Actual
results will vary depending on the condition and the actual capacity of your tube and
fan, and actual in-line losses. Calculations for inline losses assume an in-duct
velocity of 2000fpm. An easy way of increasing the capacity of your kit is to use
smooth duct and no elbows; the less flex duct the better.