SeeLevel

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Re: SeeLevel

Reply #25 – September 29, 2021, 10:59:51 am

Quote from: WS6_Keith – September 28, 2021, 10:33:13 pm

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

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Reply #26 – September 29, 2021, 12:14:10 pm

Quote from: hdff – September 29, 2021, 10:59:51 am

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.

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Reply #27 – September 29, 2021, 02:15:16 pm

Cheaper to buy two kits and have an extra display and six strips.

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Reply #28 – September 29, 2021, 03:47:00 pm

Quote from: Roger & Susan in Home2 – September 29, 2021, 02:15:16 pm

Cheaper to buy two kits and have an extra display and six strips.

I have two kits, two displays and 6 of the ES strips. Have now ordered two more SS strips.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #29 – September 29, 2021, 09:42:08 pm

Quote from: WS6_Keith – September 29, 2021, 03:47:00 pm

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 – September 29, 2021, 10:09:41 pm

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.

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Reply #31 – September 30, 2021, 08:49:14 am

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.

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Reply #32 – September 30, 2021, 09:12:05 am

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 – September 30, 2021, 01:01:13 pm

Thank you Roger!!

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Reply #34 – October 06, 2021, 11:59:14 am

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 #35 – October 06, 2021, 12:11:39 pm

Quote from: oldguy – October 06, 2021, 11:59:14 am

I also removed the old Javelina Monitor...

I removed our Javelina CRT and replaced it with a flat plate on which I mounted one of my SeeLevel displays. Other display is in the wet bay.

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Reply #36 – October 06, 2021, 12:34:10 pm

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 – October 06, 2021, 02:07:13 pm

Quote from: hdff – September 29, 2021, 10:59:51 am

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 – October 07, 2021, 10:52:19 am

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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Reply #39 – October 09, 2021, 08:36:39 pm

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Reply #40 – October 09, 2021, 08:38:50 pm

Started installing the Seeland and there is a lot of wires going into this
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Audit 8TS CPU from the old system but there is other wires also going into
it. Does anyone know what else it is used for. Also a picture of it.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #41 – October 09, 2021, 09:39:33 pm

I think its a Audit 8T8 (rather than 8TS). See diagram linked below - found in our Forum library:

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Re: SeeLevel

Reply #42 – October 09, 2021, 10:07:49 pm

Thanks Chuck I think I can get rid of it. I will disconnect everything and see if
the camera still works as the wiring to the camera comes in on different wires
before I get rid off it.

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Reply #43 – October 10, 2021, 02:16:13 pm

Looking for the best route to run wire for my SeeLevel display that I want to install above the microwave, down to the basement. I have found where a bundle of wires goes through the floor into the basement and can get my wire through there, but where should I snake the wires up from behind the kitchen cabinets to the overhead cabinets?

There is a coiled up phone cable in there that probably went to the old Xantrex display, that is unused. I'm guessing I could use this as a fish if I knew where the other end comes out. Any ideas?

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #44 – October 10, 2021, 02:39:29 pm

My fridge is next to the cabinets above the microwave. There are wires running behind the fridge that are visible on the extreme right (toward front) in the outside access area. I was able to fish a wire down from there to under the bottom cabinets and up from there into the area behind the microwave.

Toughest part was removing all the controls (Aquahot etc) from the area above the microwave and refitting everything with a new panel to house the SeeLevel.

I also used a hot wire with fuse from under the cabinets as power for the SeeLevel. Easy to get to by removing the drawer.

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Reply #45 – October 10, 2021, 03:30:54 pm

Quote from: WS6_Keith – October 10, 2021, 02:16:13 pm

Looking for the best route to run wire for my SeeLevel display that I want to install above the microwave, down to the basement. I have found where a bundle of wires goes through the floor into the basement and can get my wire through there, but where should I snake the wires up from behind the kitchen cabinets to the overhead cabinets?

There is a coiled up phone cable in there that probably went to the old Xantrex display, that is unused. I'm guessing I could use this as a fish if I knew where the other end comes out. Any ideas?

I accessed the area above the microwave from outside behind the fridge. In that opening toward the front/outside wall there is a wire bundle that goes up behind the fridge and is accessible above the microwave. I used some fiberglass wire pulling rods that i got at HF and some wire pulling lube. I pulled 2 wires with 4 wires in each for future use. I pulled the wires up to the microwave. From there I drilled forward into the area behind the cabinets then down to the basement where I could run it over 2 basements the the wet bay..

Keith

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #46 – October 10, 2021, 04:58:20 pm

Not having much luck with a metal fish tape, trying to go right where you are describing Keith. Might need to pull the fridge for better access. Guess it will have to wait...I just don't have the time or will to do it myself before our next trip.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #47 – October 10, 2021, 07:07:41 pm

Quote from: WS6_Keith – October 10, 2021, 04:58:20 pm

Not having much luck with a metal fish tape, trying to go right where you are describing Keith. Might need to pull the fridge for better access. Guess it will have to wait...I just don't have the time or will to do it myself before our next trip.

I used a fiberglass wire running kit, stiffer than a fish tape. Cheap at harbor freight if you have one near. Pushed it up thru the bottom, attached the wires at the top and had someone pull them thru as I pushed them down. Got some wire pulling lube, from Home Depot I think, and squirted it in the hole to help make everything slick. Good luck

Keith

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #48 – October 10, 2021, 08:07:04 pm

Yes Chuck it is Audit 8T8 and I removed it today and I am cleaning up the
wiring. Who ever put in the new backup camera they used a green wire for
the hot wire, I changed it to red. The Seelevel instal in the dash was straight
forward and I have a lot more room behind the dash.

Re: SeeLevel

Reply #49 – October 12, 2021, 10:51:31 am

All finished the instal and everything works.

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