KurtE
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Thanks,
Johnnyfp - I was curious to get an idea about the price. Also was wondering if they sold the sensor. The closest to it I saw was one by Omega for $579 So probably won't go that route.
I am thinking of maybe trying something like the Sparkfun single point level sensor, but so far have not seen anything that says it is safe for potable water systems. If something like it would work, could maybe mount on bottom of a water pipe that I extend to maybe mid point in the tank. That way I could setup alarm condition that says tank is half full...
My first steps I think will be to try measuring current. As I mentioned in previous post, I can maybe deduce the tank is full from how the current turns off. I also can probably get that information directly from the top float. It runs on it's own circuit, which when on I believe throws big relays, that allow power to go the two wells...
Yesterday I ordered two more T3.2s plus a couple of RFM69s from Sparkfun, to try. As a secondary option I also ordered a couple of the Adafruit Feather M0 with LoRa, just out of curiosity. They talk about 1.2m line of sight, so hopefully 100-200 feet maybe through a wall/window... they will be able to communicate.
The X2's look interesting, if some of the other approaches don't work may have to try them.
Johnnyfp - I was curious to get an idea about the price. Also was wondering if they sold the sensor. The closest to it I saw was one by Omega for $579 So probably won't go that route.
I am thinking of maybe trying something like the Sparkfun single point level sensor, but so far have not seen anything that says it is safe for potable water systems. If something like it would work, could maybe mount on bottom of a water pipe that I extend to maybe mid point in the tank. That way I could setup alarm condition that says tank is half full...
My first steps I think will be to try measuring current. As I mentioned in previous post, I can maybe deduce the tank is full from how the current turns off. I also can probably get that information directly from the top float. It runs on it's own circuit, which when on I believe throws big relays, that allow power to go the two wells...
Yesterday I ordered two more T3.2s plus a couple of RFM69s from Sparkfun, to try. As a secondary option I also ordered a couple of the Adafruit Feather M0 with LoRa, just out of curiosity. They talk about 1.2m line of sight, so hopefully 100-200 feet maybe through a wall/window... they will be able to communicate.
The X2's look interesting, if some of the other approaches don't work may have to try them.