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Re: (Fwd) OIL TANK LEVEL INDICTOR



Hi all,

Just had a quick smurf and found this

http://www.sensor-systems.com/wmdom.html

the afore mentioned "Oil Watchman"

Sensor Systems
Sherriff Drive
Lurgan
Co. Armagh
N. Ireland
BT66 8DE

Tel:	01762 321111
Fax:	01762 324444

As it is in Mark McCall's part of the world maybe he could pop round
and pick up a sample to review for UK HomeAutomation  :-))

Keith

Keith Doxey
http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
Krazy Keith's World of DIY Home Automation



On Friday, February 12, 1999 10:55 AM, Dr John Tankard
[SMTP:jtankard@xxxxxxx] wrote:
> Ask your fuel merchant the device is called oil watchman, it consists
of
a small sender unit attached to the tank, and a receiver which looks like a
13a plug top, it displays a number from 9 to 0 to indicate the oil level.
>
> John
>
>
> I have an oil tank behind the garage and I hardly ever see its level
> indicator - so we run out of oil! Have you any ideas how I might
> remote
> the level of oil in my tank to the kitchen where a large red light or
> something on the telly will have to come on to remind us to re-
> order. I
> have a telephone cable out to the garage which could be used to
> provide
> the link. I am thinking of a proximity switch activated by a cork
> floating
> on top of the oil in the level guage pipe (plastic). Do you know of
> any
> more robust ways of remoting the information to us in the house? I
> don't
> think I am quite ready for the tank to call the oil supplier on the
> internet to come and top it up but - who knows?
>
> Yours
> Jeremy Williams
>
>




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