Plenty of customers find us by searching for a General Tools part number. That makes sense. General Tools & Instruments makes a lot of handy measuring gear, and we've carried a good share of it over the years.
The lineup has changed, though. So here's the straight version of what we stock today, and what we don't.
Inspection mirrors
Yes, we still sell them. The one we keep in stock is the 5563 telescoping flame inspection mirror. It's a 3-3/4" round metal mirror on an arm that extends from 9-3/4" out to 26", made for looking at a boiler or furnace flame without putting your face anywhere near it. It comes with a protective plastic sheath, so it can ride around in a tool bag without getting scratched up.
Service techs use mirrors like this for plenty of other things, too. Reading a data plate tucked behind a unit is a common one. So is checking a fitting you can't get your head around.
Humidity and pressure
The SAM990DW digital psychrometer is a pocket instrument that reads temperature and relative humidity and calculates dew point and wet bulb. No sling, no charts. It's useful anywhere moisture matters, from HVAC checks to storage rooms.
For gas and air pressure we carry two manometers. The HG15 Hydrogage is a simple direct-reading gauge with a magnetic mount. The DM8252RS is digital and reads gauge or differential pressure in five selectable units.
There are a handful of other General Tools items in the catalog, including some kitchen thermometers and panel-mount solar thermometers. Everything currently available is on our General Tools page.
A few General Tools items are marked as closeouts. Those are brand new, but once they're gone we won't be restocking them, so if you see one you need, don't wait too long. Closeout sales are final.
What we don't sell
We've dropped several lines, including anemometers, amp clamps, multimeters and moisture meters. We don't sell flow meters or asphalt core cutters either. If you need one of those, we're not the right shop, and we'd rather tell you that up front than waste your time.
Most of what we do is temperature and humidity measurement, and General Tools is only one piece of it. We're a Master Distributor for Cooper-Atkins and LogTag, so if you need a food thermometer or a temperature data logger, start there. We also build custom thermocouple, thermistor and RTD probes when an off-the-shelf probe won't fit the job.
We've been in business since 1990, and we run our own calibration and repair lab here in Elizabeth, Colorado. Have a question about a General Tools part number, or wondering whether we can still get something? Call 800-390-0004 (303-841-7567 from outside the U.S. and Canada). We're open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain.
