SeeLevel sensor strip mounting

May 30, 2023, 09:09:29 pm

I have a Seelevel kit sitting around for a few years waiting to be installed. I bought two of the kits for the extra sensor strips.
I have finally gotten around to installation.
I removed the panel that covers the black and gray tanks. No problem with the gray tank, plenty of unrestricted room to mount the strips.
The black tank may be a problem. There are multiple screw points permanently mounted to the tank along with the foil strips for the original system. I read that there can be no metal within an inch of the strips. I can remove the foil strips but I still have the metal screw points to deal with.
Another possible problem is there is not enough room to mount a strip and not have it make contact with the metal screw points, at least on the right side of the strip. There would be one spot that the screw point comes in contact with the strip by about a 1/2" on the right side only. It looks like the circuits are on the left side of the strip and are not contacting the left side.

I thought I would ask for advice before I started a conversion with Seelevel.
I have not removed the panel in the water/sewer bay to see if there is a different look to the black tank on the drivers side of the coach.

The fresh water tank looks like a removal of the 10gal hot water tank is required. There is an access hole in the next bay to get to the back of the hot water tank but I doubt I would be successful in trying to clean and mount a strip back there without the tank removal.
Advice from all that have been there is welcome.

Re: SeeLevel sensor strip mounting

Reply #1 – May 31, 2023, 08:15:40 am

Lon,

Link below to my installation post. I was able to find room on our black and gray tanks to mount the sensors.

For the fresh water tank sensors, I was able to work around the water heater to get the sensors installed by doing three things:
1. Our water pump is mounted below the water heater. I took it out temporarily to gain additional working space.
2. We also originally had a blue water pressure tank mounted above the water pump and below the water heater. I had already moved it to a different location in a prior project so it was gone.
3. I didn't have the OEM access hole through the compartment wall from the adjacent compartment, so I cut one! It was not difficult. Perhaps you could enlarge the hole in your wall? Use a simple magnetic stud finder to locate the steel frame members and avoid them when cutting the hole. I used a plastic panel from HD to cover the hole. They have different size cover panels.

Behind the Water Heater Access Port

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Re: SeeLevel sensor strip mounting

Reply #2 – May 31, 2023, 05:23:59 pm

Thanks for the help!

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