R-pod Owners Forum : Tank level lights inaccurate! http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : I need HELP!!! : Tank level lights inaccurate! Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 20 May 2026 18:28:17 +0000 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:09:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11916 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ Tank level lights inaccurate! : Simply put, they lie. http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112555#112555 Author: Awchief
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Posted: 17 Jul 2018 at 2:09pm

Simply put, they lie. ]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:09:31 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112555#112555 Tank level lights inaccurate! : Yeah, I'm familiar with... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112541#112541 Author: Jholler
Subject: 11916
Posted: 17 Jul 2018 at 11:13am

Yeah, I'm familiar with pump cavitation lol,been fighting fire for 18 years. You know, if they would put a ping pong ball or a wiffle ball in the tank during manufacture, that would disrupt the vortex and prevent cavitation. Hmmm...wonder if I could get a patent? 😀]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:13:41 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112541#112541 Tank level lights inaccurate! : If you look where the line comes... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112533#112533 Author: StephenH
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Posted: 17 Jul 2018 at 8:25am

If you look where the line comes out of the tank, you will see that it is above the bottom of the tank. As the tank empties and the water level nears the level of the hose, it can start pulling air if it creates a little vortex. The water may still be an inch or two above the hose, but it can still pull air.

Why the tank is not made so the water draws from closer to the bottom is beyond me unless it is so that any stray sediment can settle in the bottom of the tank and not get pulled up into the pump.
]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:25:12 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112533#112533 Tank level lights inaccurate! : Tank monitor lights are hokum.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112530#112530 Author: furpod
Subject: 11916
Posted: 17 Jul 2018 at 7:55am

Tank monitor lights are hokum. If the pump was running fine, and now isn't odds are good you are out of water.. With experience, you will learn to ignore those lights, and have a solid feel for the actual status of your tanks.. ]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:55:50 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112530#112530 Tank level lights inaccurate! : Those lights/sensors seem like... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112520#112520 Author: Tars Tarkas
Subject: 11916
Posted: 16 Jul 2018 at 9:06pm

Those lights/sensors seem like they ought to be a good idea but they are useless.  You just need to learn to judge levels for yourself.  It's not too hard after a while.

TT
]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:06:43 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112520#112520 Tank level lights inaccurate! : New to me 2015 179, the 12v water... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112518#112518 Author: Jholler
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Posted: 16 Jul 2018 at 8:37pm

New to me 2015 179, the 12v water pump seems to be sucking air when my fresh water tank gauge shows 1/3 tank still remaining. Is there a way to recalibrate these sensors? No idea yet if the black and gray sensors are accurate.]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:37:07 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11916&PID=112518#112518