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See Level install

I'm starting a new discussion, since the previous one is about 5 years old and got a little off topic.  Our to-do list has finally worked its way down to the See Level installation.  I spent the day yesterday trying to figure out which wires under the dash were the ones coming from the tanks.  It finally occurred to me that I could just run new ones up the side of the fridge next to the door (we have mid entry) to a spot for the monitor above the entry way cabinet, adjacent to the fridge.  This would be much simpler than going from the dash up the A post (next to windshield) to bottom of cabinets to the Prosine monitor panel where I originally planned to put the monitor.  I've got my ground and hot lead in that bay along with the tanks.  I will have to route the LPG wires around the entry stairs which would be the only complication, though minor.  I will continue to use the dash after market monitor for the rear view camera and compass which I like.  Any issues that I may have missed (Roger)?
2000 U320 mid entry  #5688
2006 Jeep Liberty


USMCR retired
SDFD retired
FEMA US&R TF8

Re: See Level install

Reply #1 –
You can do as you plan but if you could get to the dash you can use all the original wires at the tank and use 2 of them to the See Level. The wires that went to the old audit come from the tanks even the propane tank wires are there. I didn't have to run any new wires for the installation.
1999 40 ft. U-320 wtfe build 5563 Chuck & Lynda's "Rollin' Inn"  2030 watts solar
prev. mh's 71 GMC 5 yrs. 73 Pace Setter 1 yr. 78 Vogue 5 yrs 81 FTX 40ft all electric 18 yrs. 1996 Monaco Signature 3 yrs.
2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today.  James Dean

Re: See Level install

Reply #2 –
No issues. It's a very easy install, one of the easier things you'll probably ever do with your coach. I used a 300lb magnet to identify steel beams in the floor, and then just drilled right down to the wetbay from the bathroom closet.  I filled the hole with silicone after I pulled the wires through. I had a false floor in the closet that lifted up and exposed a bunch of other wires running through the floor in the closet. I ended up using the hot wire for the lp detector to power it.
1987 Grand Villa ORED
2001 U320 4010

Not all that wander are lost... but I often am.

Re: See Level install

Reply #3 –
I did mine the same as Chuck's and I installed my strips on the tanks the same as Bob did
with the fresh water strip on the bottom of the tank and the black and grey water I installed
the strips at the top of the tank and save a hole pile of money just using one strip per tank.
It has been working out great.
Peter and Frieda Morin
1999 36ft. U320 Foretravel
Build # 5436
1998 Suzuki Sidekick Sport

Re: See Level install

Reply #4 –
I need to do this also since my javelina has been on strike for about 2 months.
Still need to order the seelevel parts but will likely go with Bluetooth model and mount the display in the wet bay or in the  private toilet.

Maybe when I get back to the coach it will work again.
Frank & Daisy
NO LONGER  "looking for the perfect Foretravel
36' or less non slide preferred."  She has been found and is ours.
2003 U320 36' non slide  Unit 6103
Cummins ISM 450
Allison 4000MH

Re: See Level install

Reply #5 –
Check out my install thread over here:  SeeLevel Install

I used sheathed 18/4 wire to have power/ground and the two signal wires all in one.  You can tap into the system anywhere for the LPG sensor, so it's easy to just run 2 wires of the 4 and connect it all together.  I have one display in the wet bay and one above the microwave, next to the line voltage meters.
Keith
2003 U320 38' #6197

Re: See Level install

Reply #6 –
I agree.  , on the 2 monitors.  One in the wet bay and one in the coach.  In our case it's over the door with everything else. 
  That way you'll have all the tank strips that you need.  Because I would miss not knowing about the bottom 3rd of the tank.
Robert and Susan
 1995 36' 280 WTBI 8.3 3060r
 1200 watts on the roof, 720 Ah of lithium's
 Build # 4637. Motorcade # 17599
        FMCA  # 451505
        18  Wrangler JLUR

Re: See Level install

Reply #7 –
Quote from: Lt403 –
I need to do this also since my javelina has been on strike for about 2 months.
Still need to order the seelevel parts but will likely go with Bluetooth model and mount the display in the wet bay or in the  private toilet.

Maybe when I get back to the coach it will work again.

This is what I did.  the monitor is in the same bay as the new on-demand water heater, as that water heater has a temp control pad located there as well and both can be accessed at the same time.  Though with the bluetooth function I don't really need to check the SeeLevel monitor much, if at all, as it's readily available on my phone.  Also the original Javelina/Audit system still functions.  The SeeLevel is far more accurate tho, as you know, which is why I added it.

Bill
95 36' U295  CAI, build #4757
—>formerly homed in the midwest, now mobile again,
      mid-atlantic for the present.

Re: See Level install

Reply #8 –
Quote from: craneman –
You can do as you plan but if you could get to the dash you can use all the original wires at the tank and use 2 of them to the See Level. The wires that went to the old audit come from the tanks even the propane tank wires are there. I didn't have to run any new wires for the installation.
I want to get away from the dash and put it closer to eye level at a more convenient location.  I already have four monitors (compass/rear camera, Silver Leaf, stereo, and TPMS) at the dash which is plenty.  New location is just above the tanks and easy to see.
2000 U320 mid entry  #5688
2006 Jeep Liberty


USMCR retired
SDFD retired
FEMA US&R TF8

Re: See Level install

Reply #9 –
I just put a piece of aluminum sheeting over the old audit hole so nothing was added to that area. The second monitor is right above the hose reel so it makes reading the tank fill easy. The compass is the only thing I lose as the See level gives me tanks and propane. The camera had already been moved to a lcd mounted on the dash above the old audit hole.
1999 40 ft. U-320 wtfe build 5563 Chuck & Lynda's "Rollin' Inn"  2030 watts solar
prev. mh's 71 GMC 5 yrs. 73 Pace Setter 1 yr. 78 Vogue 5 yrs 81 FTX 40ft all electric 18 yrs. 1996 Monaco Signature 3 yrs.
2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today.  James Dean
 

Re: See Level install

Reply #10 –
I finally finished the project, though I found it a little more challenging than expected.  I bought a sheathed 4/18 wire "set" from Lowe's at 49 cents a foot to run from the wall next to the door horizontally to the cabinet above the door then straight down next to the fridge into the cabinet where the water pump is located.  The green LPG wire went horizontally behind the stairs (mid entry), over the top of the cargo bay and into the Propane cabinet where I attached it to the original wires at the gauge.  I only need one monitor since I could see the fresh water tank while filling.  I bought the monitor and 4 sender strips separately, as it was cheaper.
My difficulty came with getting the monitor to cooperate (wrong voltage and would not read the LPG level).  Another problem I had was an open reading on the senders before narrowing down the problem to no continuity in the blue wire in my new Lowe's wire set. I fished an additional wire to take its place.  After several calls with a See Level tech with no resolution, he sent me a new monitor which fixed the problem.  Everything works now!  I have to give a huge thumbs up to See Level support!  Each time I called, I was connected immediately to a knowledgeable tech (Gabe Moreles).  I can't recommend them highly enough.

2000 U320 mid entry  #5688
2006 Jeep Liberty


USMCR retired
SDFD retired
FEMA US&R TF8