Magnetic Tool

4.5
402 reviews
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About this app

Magnetic Tool is now part of the new Ref Tools app, our essential, all-in-one mobile app for air conditioning and refrigeration technicians. Ref Tools gives you access to the tools, guidance, support, and information you need—on the job and in the field.

Download Ref Tools to access the latest version of Magnetic Tool.

Ensuring that a solenoid valve coil is working properly, or detecting a faulty one, is an important step in many repair or installation projects. Magnetic Tool makes testing a solenoid valve coil quick and easy. Just open the app, hold your smartphone up to the solenoid coil you want to test, and watch for the wheel in the app to start spinning. If it rotates, your solenoid valve is good to go.

If a solenoid valve is in a tough-to-reach space, you can also set Magnetic Tool to provide audio or haptic (or both) feedback when it detects a magnetic field. That way, you can check on a valve without seeing your screen, so you can maneuver your phone any way you need to.

Magnetic Tool has two modes: Simple and Advanced. With Simple mode, all you need to do is open the app and start testing—it's that simple. Advanced mode allows you to adjust the threshold tolerances of the magnetometer, which is most often used to reduce or eliminate interference from other nearby solenoid valves.

Magnetic Tool is part of the Danfoss CoolApps Toolbox, a collection of mobile apps designed to help installers and service technicians with their daily tasks. See the full collection at CoolApps.Danfoss.com.

Support
For app support, please use the in-app feedback function found in the app settings or send an email to coolapp@danfoss.com

Engineering Tomorrow
Danfoss engineers advanced technologies that enable us to build a better, smarter and more efficient tomorrow. In the world’s growing cities, we ensure the supply of fresh food and optimal comfort in our homes and offices, while meeting the need for energy-efficient infrastructure, connected systems and integrated renewable energy. Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, motor control and mobile machinery. Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933 and today, Danfoss holds market-leading positions, employing 28,000 people and serving customers in more than 100 countries. We are privately held by the founding family. Read more about us at www.danfoss.com.

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Updated on
May 4, 2021

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
396 reviews
Peter Gilbert
July 13, 2022
I said how could this work, but a colleagu uses it so decided to give it a try. Yea, too goo to be true. I've had it say something was running when it was off (computer system said it was off and so did my eyes) and just now it said something was off when it was on (computer sysem showed it running and I can hear the motor going). 3rd shift used and already giving false readings.
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Danfoss A/S
July 19, 2022
Thanks Peter for sharing your feedback, and sorry to hear about your bad experience. Try enabling advanced settings and adjusting the thresholds a bit to make sure you don't detect any background magnetic activity. However, we acknowledge that a phone magnetometer does not always give perfect readings, which impacts the quality of the results.
Michael Horne