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02/26/2015, 06:08 PM | #1 |
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best float switch for apex
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what is the best float switch for apex bob.i see price 1.79 to 30 dollar.which do u recommed?plz provide link if possible. thanks. |
02/26/2015, 11:33 PM | #2 |
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02/27/2015, 04:05 PM | #3 |
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What's a good switch with a holder
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02/27/2015, 08:21 PM | #4 |
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I use several of these. They are Madisons but with mount and a connector on the end.
http://premiumaquatics.com/products/...ensor-kit.html They have a single shielded wire coming out of the switch. The wire is epoxy sealed. It has a 3.5mm plug tip which goes right into my custom breakout box. It includes a bracket that it snaps into with suction cups. I run a pair of them for my ATO. Both have to close to turn it on. I removed the suction cups and epoxied to magnet cleaners. 2 Per cleaner. I have another pair for high sump level and low sump level alarms. Having them on the magnet cleaners allows me to raise and lower my self level as I see fit. Not that I do that often.
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02/28/2015, 08:34 AM | #5 |
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did u super glued the sensor to magnet holder?
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03/01/2015, 11:22 AM | #6 |
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As I said in the post above, I removed the suction cups from the brackets and epoxied the brackets to the magnet. Once the epoxy was set, I snapped the float switch back onto the brackets that were epoxied to the magnet.
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03/01/2015, 11:32 AM | #7 |
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For reference, here is what the float switch and it's bracket look like when unassembled. The float switch is mounted to a small bracket. That bracket snaps into the included suction cup mount. Suction cups aren't terribly reliable so I removed the suction cups and epoxied the mount to the magnet. I did however use the suction cups for my fail safe float switches for a few years and they did hold fine but I wouldn't trust my ATO float switches mounted with suction cups. All my switches are now mounted via the magnet scubbers.
The switch snaps onto the mount. The lower bracket/mount in this photo with the suction cups is what I epoxied to my magnet scrubbers.
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04/08/2015, 10:47 PM | #9 |
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thanks cool way to mount .
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04/16/2015, 06:05 PM | #10 |
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I use old pill bottles. Drill a hole in top and put float in works great
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04/17/2015, 07:43 AM | #11 |
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04/18/2015, 10:18 PM | #13 |
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The DIY I posted is the easiest and most user friendly; except it isn't the cheapest. But it works beautifully on my setup; I use 3 floats. Low-float to signal when the drain pump for my AWC needs to stop; normal-level float for my desired water level and high-level float for my alarm.
I can adjust them at will with just a screw of the nut and it takes up very little footprint. Looks really professional to boot, IMHO. |
12/03/2017, 11:33 PM | #14 |
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hi. what type of flow switch uses?
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