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Re: SeeLevel

Reply #20 –
My 2004 has the L / step fresh water tank. I installed the SeeLevel at the bottom of the main part of the tank so when it reads zero, I still have about 10 gals left.  I put a small label indicating that on the SeeLevel gauge to remind me.

The inside SeeLevel display is mounted next to the AH control above the microwave.  Wiring was fairly easy to pull from the pass side wet bay to the bay just forward and then up to the mounting area via the fridge outside access panel. Took more time to figure out the route and make a new matching veneer panel to hold the SeeLand and AH panels (instead of just the AH) than it took to pull the wires.

I got 12 volts from a line under the kitchen cabinets and installed a fuse.  Also put on a note saying the fuse location.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #21 –
Does anyone know if you can co-mingle the 710ES and 710SS strips?  My gray and black tanks need 19", so two ES strips will work fine.  My fresh tank is "L" shaped on the curb side end, so I need 5" for the short bit and 17" for the tall bit.  I could do this with one ES on the short bit and one SS on the long bit.  I haven't found any FAQ's or info that states if this will work.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #22 –
Quote from: WS6_Keith –
Does anyone know if you can co-mingle the 710ES and 710SS strips?  My gray and black tanks need 19", so two ES strips will work fine.  My fresh tank is "L" shaped on the curb side end, so I need 5" for the short bit and 17" for the tall bit.  I could do this with one ES on the short bit and one SS on the long bit.  I haven't found any FAQ's or info that states if this will work.


No both strips would need to be the same length. On my 03 with tanks like yours I got the long strips and put them on the top part of the tank, the top of the sensor strip is at the full water level, you can see it on the white tank. So when my fresh tank shows 0 on the readout I still have that 5" in the jutt out part, I know this and don't panic when I hit 0. Also the bottom of my gray and black don't read until they get up to the reading strips. I mounted them so the top of the strip is at the top of the tank, I don't care when it's empty I only really care when it's full. I found a picture of my black tag showing the strip going to the top and not all the way to the bottom, not a great picture but it will give you an idea.
Also showing in the picture is part of my new hot water recirculation with, the new white hose and Solenoid valve are part of it. With the push of a button in the coach I can circulate water back to the fresh tank until it gets hot to help conserve water and not putting it to the gray tank when we're staying where there is no water hook up......Thanks to Roger for this idea

Keith

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #23 –
After talking to Garnet, I've ordered two of the SS sensors.  They said having one full length and the other at 6" for the bottom portion of the tank should not be an issue...we'll see.

Another question - LPG sender...it's 2 wires and they want me to connect to one of them.  Green and white, I assume green is the sender.  Is the white supposed to be grounded at the other end?  I assume it is still connected to the Javelina box under the dash.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #24 –
You can have unequal lengths, strips can be cut at marked intervals. One can be one incumbent longer than the other one. That was the way it was when I installed ours.

Cut the wires going to the LP has tank. They connect to the wires from the SeeLevel. If there is a ground side it is the green wire.  I hooked mine up but never calibrated it, in 6 or 7 years we only filled it once.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #25 –
Quote from: WS6_Keith –
After talking to Garnet, I've ordered two of the SS sensors.  They said having one full length and the other at 6" for the bottom portion of the tank should not be an issue...we'll see.

Wow that's not what they told me when I called them last year. I'll be curious to see if it works.


Keith

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #26 –
Quote from: hdff –
Wow that's not what they told me when I called them last year. I'll be curious to see if it works.
Keith
Me too...seeing as those two sensors cost me another $100 based on their confirmation.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #27 –
Cheaper to buy two kits and have an extra display and six strips.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #29 –
Quote from: WS6_Keith –
I have two kits, two displays and 6 of the ES strips.  Have now ordered two more SS strips.
Just curious why did you order 2 extra SS instead of JS for the shout section?



Keith

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #30 –
According to Garnet, you cannot intermix senders on the same tank.  The ES strips the kit comes with are 12" long.  The fresh tank is 17" in the main section and 6" or so in the short section.  With 2 of the ES strips, I could only cover the 17" section by shortening the two strips to about 8" each and I would not have been able to measure the bottom 25% of the tank.

The JS strips are way shorter.  Since 2 of those would not cover the 6" and 17" tanks, they were a no go.

The SS strips are 16" each, so I can use one at full length for the top portion and one cut down to ~6" for the bottom portion, to cover the largest area of the tank.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #31 –
If you already have a SEELEVEL system, can you buy a 2nd display and add it to an existing system? say for location in one of the lower bays.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #32 –
Yes you can.  Just splice a set of extension wires into the the wires going to the first display and run them over to where you want the second one and hook them up.  I have a second one in the wet bay. It is quite handy there especially when dumping the waste tanks using a third valve.

You can use one at a time  If you use both at the same time you get an "opn" error message.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #33 –
Thank you Roger!!

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #34 –
Ordered a Seelevel system yesterday and I'm going to place the strips like
Bob did, just using one strip for each tank. I only need to know when the fresh                                                             
is fresh is empty and the other to are full. I also removed the old Javelina Monitor
which will give me a lot more space behind the dash to get at things.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #36 –
I'm going to do the same thing. Seelevel makes a plastic plate which will work
so I will use that. Don't need one in the wet bay as I changed the overflow hose
and I just fill the tank.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #37 –
Quote from: hdff –
Wow that's not what they told me when I called them last year. I'll be curious to see if it works.
Keith

It works!  I'll post pictures when I get back in town, but the 6" SS strip on the bottom and the 17"SS strip on the top, even offset with the bottom strip on the right side of the tank and the top on the left side, works without issue.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #38 –
I also bought mine from Rvupgades.  These are photos of my two displays, one in the wetbay and one next to the toilet in the bathroom. 

My advise is that the mfg makes so many different displays and kits, I recommend  calling the mfg to get the correct part number with the items you want to display.  For example, I wanted to  display, Battery, Fresh, Grey, and Black and LPG and with the correct off/on water pump switch.  Garnet has a bunch of different models - some have a continuous display of tank levels, some with different types of water pump and water heater switches, some will monitor two gray tanks, some have a 16" tall sensor strip, etc.

Garnet SeeLevel documentation on their web site is helpful and/or give them a phone call or send an email. I found them to be easy to contact and had all my questions answered by phone and email.

Rvupgrades did not stock the right displays, so I had to order the kits from Rvupgrades and then I ordered the correct switch from the mfg, and changed them out myself.  The system works flawlessly.  I also sanded and cleaned properly the mounting location for the sending strips for the tanks, as per the mfg, as the tank was quite irregular.  I also in addition to their pre-stickum, I covered the attached wires with black Gorilla tape, as the mfg recommended.

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