Which of the following direct-reading pressure gauges is capable of measuring and displaying two pressures simultaneously?
Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation
Correct Answer: Option B — Duplex gauge
A duplex gauge contains two independent Bourdon tubes and two pointers within a single housing. This allows the operator to monitor two separate system pressures simultaneously, such as the inlet and outlet pressures of a filter or the pressures of two different hydraulic circuits, on one display.
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