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Currently have a level gauge stick thing on the front of the tank, but due to recent groundwork and and trellis/planting around the tank, its difficult to get at the gauge.
Seen two things, there is an oil watchman, basic LCD display, and a smart monitor which gives more info rather then just an LCD display.
Just wondering if anyone has experience of these, or something similar
Hi,
We have the older style watchman that uses a capacitive sensor dipped into the tank.
This is quite old now and we intend to replace it with a newer model - which I believe now uses ultrasonic from a unit mounted on top of tank - so nothing dipping down inside.
I believe you can now get models with an alarm that sounds if tank is suddenly draining (leak or theft).
Cheers
Steve
Unreliable in my experience. Watchman alarm and an Apollo one as had two oil tanks at one time. Transmission doesn't work well through stone walls. Randomly warns tank being emptied with alarm in the middle of the night.
Unreliable in my experience. Watchman alarm and an Apollo one as had two oil tanks at one time. Transmission doesn't work well through stone walls. Randomly warns tank being emptied with alarm in the middle of the night.
Apollo one seems to get bad reviews in general from what I see.
Watchman seems to be ok, but all you have is a plug with a display on it, people say batteries only last a year or so.
Stone walls are probably always going to cause havoc.
The device I've ordered, well time will tell, but the reviews all appear to be decent, I contacted the supplier and they emailed me promptly saying battery life is expected to be 5 years.
I liked it because its internet based, and they also told me that Amazon Echo integration is on the radar, which appeals to me too.
Wow! I was doing this self-same search yesterday & looking for a WiFi based one, but they are thin on the ground with Watchman/Apollo being nearly the only names bar a couple of US suppliers of expensive stuff & a subscription based one. Probably doesn't help my google goes via Ireland at work
Your find looks to be just the job, I'll be getting one too - thank you
Well, I can't fault their customer service one bit so far.
Mine is arriving tomorrow, so will get it setup on Saturday I hope, as off to Dubai on Monday for a week
Well, I can't fault their customer service one bit so far.
Mine is arriving tomorrow, so will get it setup on Saturday I hope, as off to Dubai on Monday for a week
Hi,
Dubai - holiday or work?
You are coming at the right time - the weather is amazing at the moment (apart from early morning fog, until it burns off).
26 degrees C during the day and cool evenings!
We were in the bar/nightclub last night on top of the Yas Viceroy - it's the hotel that the F1 cars pass under on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix- this bar is on the open roof terrace, inside the structure that lights up the outside of the hotel.
Cheers
Steve
Holiday Steve. Only for a week, but looking forward to it.
Going to Ferrari world, booked to go to Burj Khalifa, wife wants to see a James Bond exhibition.
Looking to book a helicopter trip when there I think, would love to see the Palm from the sky.
Figure out what else we're doing over the weekend
Hi,
You will have a great time.
We are going to Dubai tomorrow and might visit the Bond exhibition at the Burj Khalifa annex.
If you like gaming - make sure you visit Hub Zero at Citywalk - it's an amazing place.
At Ferrari world, make sure you try Flying Aces - if you like roller coasters - it's awesome!
Give me a shout if you want a tour of Abu Dhabi whilst you are over!
Cheers
Steve
this thread reminded me of a little job I had to do - left over from the summer
A friend in the village sold his house - but forgot to account for a recent heating Oil fill to his tank
anyway to cut a long story short, the buyer pissed him off over something - which cost him 15K so he was lamenting the fact that he had to give them a load of heating oil too
not so fast I said, I will have it (or as much as I could)
"how" was is reply
"worry not" I replied
so I went to my local garage and got an empty 250ltr oil drum
I filled it up with the Oil using the old gravity method - a bit smelly and messy but it did the job
I got it home (quite heavy!!!!)
it has sat there since the summer
my problem was how to get the Oil from the drum into my 2500ltr tank (which is quite high)
a little research and I bought a Drill Pump - that was back in the summer
and today I resolved to set it all up - and "pump baby pump"
and here we go
worked brilliantly
with the watchman sender unit (inc the battery tube)
when its completely empty - about 30ltr still left in
I will cut it in half and make a fire pit
Last edited by hodgy0_2; 14 January 2017 at 04:42 PM.
Haven't installed my tank sensor yet, because I needed a different unit as my tank has windows in the middle. The company Olive however, have the best customer service I've seen for a very long time.
Originally Posted by steve05wrx
Hi,
You will have a great time.
We are going to Dubai tomorrow and might visit the Bond exhibition at the Burj Khalifa annex.
If you like gaming - make sure you visit Hub Zero at Citywalk - it's an amazing place.
At Ferrari world, make sure you try Flying Aces - if you like roller coasters - it's awesome!
Give me a shout if you want a tour of Abu Dhabi whilst you are over!
Cheers
Steve
Hi Steve
Yes, brilliant time.
Amazing place Dubia, didn't really see much of Abu Dhabi.
Dubia, seriously clean, perfect roads - all looks new still.
Helicopter tour from Atlantis round the palm/the islands, over the city.
You don't really get how tall the Khalifa is until you're up the top, I suppose because everything else round it is so tall.
Bond exhibition was good too.
Taxi's dirt cheap.
Ferrari world. Didn't go on Flying aces, didn't fancy it as it had broken down when I got there, and didn't trust going on it after that.
Formula Rossa - **** me, the acceleration is unreal, then all of a sudden you're 170ft up in the air thinking WTF am I doing.
Had a couple of goes on it, went on most other stuff.
And fantastic weather
Bit of a surreal moment on the taxi journey back to Dubai, when the driver pulled over onto the hard shoulder to pray
Last edited by urban; 26 January 2017 at 05:35 PM.
Haven't installed my tank sensor yet, because I needed a different unit as my tank has windows in the middle. The company Olive however, have the best customer service I've seen for a very long time.
Hi Steve
Yes, brilliant time.
Amazing place Dubia, didn't really see much of Abu Dhabi.
Dubia, seriously clean, perfect roads - all looks new still.
Helicopter tour from Atlantis round the palm/the islands, over the city.
You don't really get how tall the Khalifa is until you're up the top, I suppose because everything else round it is so tall.
Bond exhibition was good too.
Taxi's dirt cheap.
Ferrari world. Didn't go on Flying aces, didn't fancy it as it had broken down when I got there, and didn't trust going on it after that.
Formula Rossa - **** me, the acceleration is unreal, then all of a sudden you're 170ft up in the air thinking WTF am I doing.
Had a couple of goes on it, went on most other stuff.
And fantastic weather
Bit of a surreal moment on the taxi journey back to Dubai, when the driver pulled over onto the hard shoulder to pray
Hi,
Glad you had a great time!
Don't forget - you only get about two thirds up the Burj Khakifa - around floors 121-124 and it has 163 floors.
Never had a taxi driver stop to pray when I was a passenger - hope he stopped the meter!
The rides are always breaking down at Ferrari world - the day we went it was the other way round - so I never got to go on the Formula Rossa ride.
Cheers
Steve
Last edited by steve05wrx; 27 January 2017 at 01:08 PM.
Well, that was an easy install. Slightly oversized hole drill (50mm), tapped a couple of holes for the screws and that was nearly it. Probably spent too much time making sure the hole was dead centre and then adjusting the screws, putting in shims to get it 100% level but then I'm a bit ****. However, it worked and its sending data back to the server OK, just need for their tech support to decide on my tank.
Did you find the customer service to be really good also?
I sent customer service a picture of my tank, and had an answer within a few hours.
Still haven't down anything with mine yet, as I was in Glasgow for the last few days, so it'll be done at the weekend.
Customer service was fantastic. I fitted it Saturday afternoon & sent some pictures but as I had no tape measure used a dog ball thrower as a guide. Got an email back Sunday morning saying it was probably tank x and asking for the measurement of the guide when I got a moment. He'd set it to tank x and sure enough, started to get some readings through which equated to what I thought I had. A bonus is the temperature guage.
So that, coupled with my Hive allows me to plan how I heat the place when I'm not there and ensures that I won't inadvertently run out of oil in the process - awesome!
Long story short with my olive is that i needed a wave guide version because the tank has windows, this means that the standard sensor may not be able to get a proper reading.
Seems I might need to drill a bigger hole in the tank to fit the new sensor - 42mm.
My tank already has a predrilled hole of 32mm.
The install instructions do seem pretty easy, and it sound like your experience agrees with that.
I think the instructions said 42mm max hole but I didn't have a hole cutter smaller than 50mm so used that and it was fine. I imagine as long as you leave a little bit of an internal lip to help keep the weather out, you will be fine.
12 January 2017, 08:39 AM
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