Cistern gauge [RE-wrenches]

[Geoff Greenfield]

Sometimes low tech is appropriate-

I have a neighbor (an old dude that stayed in the south pacific after wwII
and is fond of repairing anything and everything with recycled used inner
tubes (he can fix duct tape with these!)).... anyway, he rigged up a
weighted float tied to a nylon line up and out the fill-tube... up to a 7'
tall post to a pulley and down to a (lighter) weight painted orange.  He
looks out the window 200 yards away and sees what level his cistern is at.

For a brighter energy future,

Geoff Greenfield
NABCEP Certified Energy Practitioner

THIRD SUN SOLAR & WIND POWER Ltd.
340 West State Street
Athens, OH 45701

www.third-sun.com
(740) 597-3111

> Hello Wrenches,
>
> I have used a water pressure gauge in the basement to monitor the
> level of
> water in a cistern but how do you meter the level of water in a
> cistern
> downhill from an off grid house with no basement? The cistern in
> question is
> filled by running a 240vac deep well pump with the genny and a
> float switch
> to turn the pump off.
> ...
>
> Jeff Wongstrom
> NABCEP Certified Solar Installer
> Thirsty Lake Solar
> 406-889-5324


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