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 Is anyone else seeing this tank monitoring device?
[#4] Posted: 06/16/2012 - 4:18:23 PM |  |  |
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Never seen one, but it's a great way to optimize delivery, especially as large propane users are often way out in the boonies.
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Is anyone else seeing this tank monitoring device?
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How does it work? How does it know the tank is half full, for example?
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"Most add a signal sender to the standard float gauge, with hall effect and potentiometer being the two most common.
Hall Effect - The force that a magnetic field exerts on an electric current. Where gauges containing magnets are used, hall-effect sensors allow reading of the gauge position without physical contact.
Potentiometer - A type of resistor that gives an electrical resistance proportional to the measured value."
It turns out that they've been around since at least 2005 and a lot of different companies make them:
http://www.propanecouncil.org/...ring.pdf
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