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Re: Optical sensors - water softener



Hi Paul

BSR on the Coocoontech forums has done this uisng a Maxbotix ultrasonic
sensor....Heres a link to his project..........
http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4666

HTH
Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:51 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Optical sensors - water softener


> Has anyone modified a water softener to give an indication to an HA
system
> when it's running low on salt?
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> My system work on block salt, so I thought a stainless or plastic
optical
> sensor beaming across the salt talk would work best.
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> Anyone done this and got recommendations for a suitable sensor?
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> Cheers,
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> Paul.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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