water and waste gauges

Aug 15, 2017
2
catalina 320 victoria
Has anyone installed gauges for your fresh water tanks or waste tank? If so how did it work for you?
 

JRacer

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Aug 9, 2011
1,331
Beneteau 310 Cheney KS (Wichita)
I installed a fresh water gauge. Works well. A word of caution though. If you put a sensor (float type) in the water tank to drive the gauge, then you are not going to want to use vinegar to clean that tank in the future. It seems that the outgassinig (fumes left in the tank) from the vinegar will corrode the contacts on those sending units and you will end up replacing it. Ask me how I know.
 
May 20, 2016
3,014
Catalina 36 MK1 94 Everett, WA
Yes I have ultrasonic BlueSea on one water and the holding tank. They work well if I remember to look at them!!!
 
Aug 1, 2011
3,972
Catalina 270 255 Wabamun. Welcome to the marina
We have a SCAD Solo on the waste tank. Works great and where the panel is, the red "full" led is quite obvious.
 

jviss

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Feb 5, 2004
6,745
Tartan 3800 20 Westport, MA
I installed a Snake River Systems tank monitor system many years ago, and it works perfectly. It's a four-channel system, 'though I only installed it for two water tanks. It's a capacitive system, nothing inside the tank, just strips of aluminum on the outside.