Honeywell® SmartValve™ and the SupCo® SmarTester™

We are interested in talking to technicans that have experience with this instrument in a field setting. As the name of our Journal indicates, we are pro-digital, actually not even necessarily pro-digial – we like to talk about the instruments that are available to the technician to make him a better, more effective – efficient technician. Unfortunately most often the only resource for information on instruments come from their respective OEM’s. At least that has been true up until HVAC PROTech.com® introduced the Exclusive FieldTest Evaluation Boards.

We have industry recognized authorities with published documents and Articles relevant to the subject of the troubleshooting procedures and techinques that are unique and specific to the Honeywell® SmartValve™ we are currently in the process of scanning and uploading such a publication from Timmie McElwain – we will make it available exclusively to our members. The oustanding issue however, remains –  is the SmarTester™ a legitimate instrument? Will it tell you anything that the valve itself will not tell you.

We have a SmarTester™ currently in use on the boards but it has yet to achieve the status of a FieldTest. A single use proved the instrument capable of troubleshooting an ignition circuit quicker than conventional techniques – but – single use is not adequate to prove the instrument worthy of inclusion in our, “Gotta Get-It” category. So we would like additional input from the readers of the Zeus Journal. You have one – you use it – useful or useless, please let me know at digital.zeus@yahoo.com