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What does the inside of the tank sensors look like?

October 07, 2015, 12:55:44 pm

Just removed the black tank sensor and it looks like there is cotton inside.  TP residue?  I'll take a pic and attach.  After spraying the inside the gauge appears to be working correctly.  Before always showed an eighth of a tank.  Sensor cleaner would work but we have been here for a while.  Need to get her out on the road......

Updated - pic attached.  Does not appear to be TP related - Looks fibrous.  I didn't want to remove so sprayed it with water, reinserted in waste line and it works - gives full black water levels. 

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Reply #1 – October 07, 2015, 02:45:08 pm

Here are mine. I just put plugs in their place.

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Reply #2 – October 07, 2015, 03:18:01 pm

 
I thought mine would be all crapped up but they looked rather clean.  Certainly not what I expected.  I just sprayed water on them and re inserted.  They work fine. 

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Reply #3 – October 07, 2015, 06:01:50 pm

What a difference a year makes... 😃

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Reply #4 – October 07, 2015, 06:32:36 pm

Roger - looking at your pic again your sensors appear to be brass.  Mine are black plastic. 

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Reply #5 – October 07, 2015, 06:37:43 pm

Our originals had brass fittings; more recent replacements are black plastic fittings.  The sensor itself is a pressure transducer circuit board potted inside the housing.  It's just a packaging difference.

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Reply #6 – October 07, 2015, 06:44:12 pm

Michelle - Do you know who makes it and it's part no.?

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Reply #7 – October 07, 2015, 06:52:58 pm

I think I stiil have mine, if so, do you want them?  Might be hazardous to send them in the mail.

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Reply #8 – October 07, 2015, 06:56:39 pm

Thanks Roger, I think I'll pass.  ;-D

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Reply #9 – October 07, 2015, 10:17:04 pm

Here's what a new one looks like.
Dick

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Reply #10 – October 07, 2015, 10:22:07 pm

Thanks Dick. 

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