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water level sensor

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 2:30 pm
by slm222
does anyone think there would be a way to connect this to the reefangel?
https://www.adafruit.com/products/1786

Re: water level sensor

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 8:27 am
by rimai
Have you checked out the Reef Angel water level expansion module?
http://www.reefangel.com/QuickViewWater ... nsion.html
To be honest, my original plan was to use eTape.
I worked with the manufacturer, but was never able to get a good response from the tape and I never found a way to get a water tight connection to it to protect the end connector.
So, I decided to go with pressure sensitive sensor to monitor the water level and it works much better in my opinion.

Re: water level sensor

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:56 am
by slm222
ahh ok.. I did see that. what im looking to do is make a dosing container that is compatible to the DOS system from apex. I have finally gotten my cnc router up an calibrated to start trying to make things like that. the tape sensor seemed like a good fit.

Re: water level sensor

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 3:23 pm
by lnevo
A cool RA compatible dosing container would be sweet. You could eliminate the stock RA pipe and adapter if you can provide an airtight column and an airline connector. That'd be sweet! If you can make it the right size I'd buy some :)

Re: water level sensor

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 7:17 pm
by slm222
lnevo wrote:A cool RA compatible dosing container would be sweet. You could eliminate the stock RA pipe and adapter if you can provide an airtight column and an airline connector. That'd be sweet! If you can make it the right size I'd buy some :)
I will look into that. instead of the 1/2" pipe could I use a 1/4 or 3/8 inch rigid tubing?

lol awesome! a reason to work harder on it!

Re: water level sensor

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:38 pm
by slm222
im going to start working on this next week hopefully. what size does the connector need to be for the tubing to connect to the sensor? is it standard 1/4 airline tubing?

Re: water level sensor

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:47 am
by cosmith71
Yes.