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Linus
I had already rejected this solution because it would allow air to be sucked back down the sight tube into the water pump, causing the pump to lose its prime. You have me thinking about this again however. If I put a valve at the top of the sight tube, I could open it when I want to inspect the tank level and close it when I’m done. The sight tube could be installed under the galley sink just after the manifold valves. To inspect the level of a tank, select it with the manifold valves and open the vale at the top of the sight tube. It could be marked with a line where the tanks are full and empty. I think this would work and would be cheap! I think I might have to move the manifold to a lower position to measure an almost empty tank, but that’s trivial.That’s the great thing about our mailing list. You get interesting solutions and can bounce ideas off each other.
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Good Practical Sailor article on external (outside the tank) gauges:
http://www.scadtech.com/cms/other/PracticalSailorTankMonitorComparison.pdf
SCAD Tech was one of the “Recommended” products.I’d love to find their article on internal tank sensors too.
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Before filling my tank I time how long it takes the shore water system to fill a 5 gallon bucket and use that datum to determine the number of seconds to run shore water into the tank. To check, I peer into the tank through the inspection port.
Norris Larson on EAsy Reach, #206
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The easiest way to avoid overfilling the watertanks is to listen to the water going in. There is a very distinct change to the sound of the water going in as it becomes full. Jim #219
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