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Level indicator
I'm looking into installing a clear tube on the side of my R/O and saltwater storage tanks to indicate water level. I would install bulkheads at the top and bottom of the tank with 90 degree elbows and a clear tube in between. My question is what to use for the clear tube. If you use an acrylic tube how do you bond it to pvc? Is there a thread already covering this topic? Thanks for your help.
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here is a link to a place that you can order clear PVC www.usplastic.com this is where i get all of my diy parts
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Re: Level indicator
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You could also use translucent poly line, like used on RO/DI. Again won't look so cool but it will give you an indication. Another thing I've seen done on a guys Brute lid was he mounted a plastic 1/2" flange (kinda like a bulkhead) on the top of the lid, drilled out the lid through the flange, then he fashioned a piece of 1/2" CPVC into a dipstick affair. He glued the tube to a toilet valve float so when the water in the Brute was high, the CPVC pipe would protrude high from the container. And the opposite when water was low. If I were to do this I'd use one of those 36" grey PVC plastic cold water supplies that run from water faucets to the supply valves on older sinks.
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+1 on the barb+vinyl
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If you use John Guest conectors and fittings you could use a rigid 1/4" line as the indicator tube just inserted into the fitting.
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i agree with jdieck, i did the same. made sure the tube was tight and straight and i put a little red plastic ball inside the tube that floated and it was easy to see. made the water level stand out a bit more.
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Great idea on the red ball.
I'm always up close trying to see the little water line. |
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I used clear PVC on mine.
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