PHAM NEWS | FEBRUARY 2024 36 Test & Measuring Instruments


manufacturers if they fail to replace enough boilers with heat pumps, even if the boiler is 100% hydrogen compatible. This is unfair – few consumers choose which boiler to buy, especially when it’s cold and there’s a family or elderly relative to keep warm. Our political parties agree we


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must reach net zero by 2050, but last year’s decision to delay a boiler ban until 2035 is common sense - the UK represents under 1.5% of global CO2 emissions. That’s why this tax is unfair – it potentially damages manufacturers for no meaningful benefit and stops one option to heat our homes with 100% carbon free hydrogen. Since bill payers want lower heating


bills, why can’t government change direction and use the £7500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme to insulate three times as many homes, reducing energy costs and making more homes warm?


Net zero ready With 60 years of expertise, we here at Kane are here to help installers and service engineers get ready for net zero. As we celebrate six decades of innovation we will be launching our new Kane460. It is the only analyser capable of testing heating, cooling, and refrigeration systems, backed by Kane Link. Our analysers with Kane Link are


designed to be future-proof, ready to adapt to any heating technology powered by electricity, HVO, biomass, or hydrogen. The uniqueness of the 460 lies in its ability to test boilers, heat pumps, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems, providing installers the ability to perform work with just one analyser.


Time to stop CO In partnership with CO-Gas Safety, the UK’s only CO victim support charity, we won the IGEM Lions Lair competition with a simple message: ‘It’s time to stop CO’. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a dangerous gas that is invisible and odorless, and exposure can have life-threatening consequences. It can cause illness, confusion, misdiagnosis, and long- term damage. Unfortunately, CO alarms only


trigger at 30ppm, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) limits are set at 4ppm over a 24-hour period. Alarmingly, over 25% of UK homes tested by two universities exceeded the WHO limits for CO levels. In response, we have introduced


new analysers for installers and service engineers to test CO, produce Landlord Gas Safety certificates, check for room CO migration, and investigate CO incidents. Each analyser provides fast and safe CO testing: • The Kane79 analyser ensures


personal protection during visits and can be left behind to log data for up to two weeks when CO cannot be detected on site. It can be combined with a Kane Link analyser for


Jonathan Kane Chief executive officer of Kane


s most PHAM News readers will know, this year is likely to see the introduction of a new tax imposed on boiler


Accuracy on each and every job


The heating system landscape in the UK is changing, with the government’s net zero targets seeing more low carbon appliances being fitted in our homes, but the need to take accurate readings and measurements remains of paramount importance, whatever is being tested. Jonathan Kane looks at the main equipment installers depend upon and why calibration should not be ignored.


simultaneous appliance and ambient air tests, reducing on-site time. • The Kane-COA analyser tests


appliance CO emissions, includes a simple two-minute appliance sweep leak test, and can be used in conjunction with multiple Kane79 analysers to test multiple rooms simultaneously, reducing on-site time by 75%. • The Kane-LCA analyser quickly


delivers legally required landlord gas safety certificates, conducting structured tightness, let-by, and appliance service mode tests, and ending with a two-minute appliance sweep leak test. • The Kane-CMD analyser


simplifies CMDDA1 tests for room CO migration, appliance service, and sweep tests. It can also be used with multiple Kane79 analysers for simultaneous room tests. • The Kane-IIA analyser is the


only CO incident investigation analyser capable of simultaneously testing four ambient air locations and appliances for up to 100,000 ppm CO. It comes with a KANE UKAS calibration certificate, providing proof of suitability for legal submission. We are proud that three out of four


gas emergency service providers use Kane analysers to prevent CO incidents in the homes of vulnerable customers.


Calibration certification We are the only UK analyser manufacturer calibration laboratory independently certified to ISO 17025 by UKAS, the UK authority certifying UK laboratories. Although standard calibration


certificates meet National Standards, our UKAS certificates guarantee the very best possible calibration, tested to the highest degree of accuracy in an ISO 17025 certification centre. UKAS certificates deliver peace


p The Kane460 can work across a number of applications, including heating, cooling, refrigeration and IAQ


q Kane’s app lets you view live readings from your FGA in ‘real time


q The Kane 79 Wireless CO Monitor is capable of detecting CO between 0 and 999ppm to a resolution of 1ppm


of mind – an analyser tested by an independent centre within our facility to the highest worldwide standards available in the most controlled environment possible using the best equipment applicable. If you test for room CO migration,


investigate CO poisoning incidents or test combustion plant in strictly controlled ISO 9001 facilities, your analyser should always be certified with a UKAS certificate that’s recognised worldwide and suitable for legal submission.


Buying and booking You can order a Kane UKAS certificate when you buy any Kane analyser or book Kane Care service and recertification at www.kane.co.uk – our UKAS certificates are fixed price and take a day to deliver. Every analyser automatically receives


Kane Care. It promises a no quibble annual warranty renewed every time we receive your analyser for up to 10 years, plus guaranteed same day annual service and recertification or your money back, your analyser, probe, charger, carry bag and printer replaced if they cannot be repaired for up to 20 years, free overnight tracked delivery to and from our facilities, and 50% off a new analyser if yours is stolen. ◼ phamnews.co.uk/224/56


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