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Bluetooth Propane tank monitor

PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:59 pm
by tony.latham
I really like having an 11-pound tank (vs the one-pound tanks we used on our old teardrop). We use it for both the cookstove and heater, but the question is how to check the level without taking it off and weighing it?

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I found a $35 device that sticks on the bottom of the tank with magnets. You can adjust the settings for the height of the tank. There's an app for your phone and here's the readout after ten nights:

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Here's the link to it:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C5RQJHS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

:beer:

Tony

Re: Bluetooth Propane tank monitor

PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:49 pm
by bdosborn
I saw a review on YouTube for that sensor and added it to my Amazon list. I'll pull the trigger when the propane store wont fill my fiberglass tank anymore.

Bruce

Re: Bluetooth Propane tank monitor

PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:13 am
by Florida Native
How does that work (what's the principle behind it)?

Thanks,
Mike

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Re: Bluetooth Propane tank monitor

PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:25 am
by tony.latham
How does that work (what's the principle behind it)?


Good question. There's a sensor that makes contact with the bottom of the tank. It comes with dielectric grease to apply to the sensor. Somebody mentioned the word, sonic. But I don't know.

Perhaps somebody else will chime in. :thinking:

Tony

Re: Bluetooth Propane tank monitor

PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:12 am
by bdosborn
It obviously uses a PFM sensor. Duh.
Bruce

Re: Bluetooth Propane tank monitor

PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:49 am
by tony.latham
bdosborn wrote:It obviously uses a PFM sensor. Duh.
Bruce


There's a sensor for poor man's fiberglass?

(Bruce: I was hoping you'd step up and answer this one. Now I'm gonna have to Google that one up.)

Tony

Re: Bluetooth Propane tank monitor

PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:59 am
by bdosborn
"Pure Freakin' Magic" :lol:

Bruce

Re: Bluetooth Propane tank monitor

PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:55 pm
by Florida Native
bdosborn wrote:It obviously uses a PFM sensor. Duh.
Bruce
A regular wiseguy!Image

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Re: Bluetooth Propane tank monitor

PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:58 pm
by bdosborn
:lol: