Some of us are contributing to global water conservation movement by installing automatic water level controllers at home. which is not the complete solution but an attempt of saving few litres of water from each house everyday which will definitely contribute in fulfilling the future needs of water.
Let’s see what the most basic things to know before buying a Water Level controller.
1. Choose Water Level Controller with life-long Sensor:
The sensor is placed inside the water tank and directly responsible to Switch On/Off the water pump. There’re different types of sensor available in the market. Let’s find out which sensor is the best for you.
A. Dipping Sensor/Contact Sensor: These sensors are relatively inexpensive and are dipped sensor which remain in the contact of water all the time. The switch gets activated by the sensor in the water, thereby the signal which is obtained from the sensors is being used to control the motor pump.
B. Float Sensor: These sensors are relatively inexpensive and comes with various output, but they are harmful, highly in accurate, bigger in size, large amount of water has to be present before the float makes contact. These types of sensors don’t work for long run, as sour water affect the sensor. Hence, we don’t recommend such sensors.
C. Ultrasonic Sensor: These sensors are Idle for domestic water level controller, as there is no moving part, they are compact & reliable, highly accurate & Sensitive, as well as remains unaffected by sour or hard water as they don’t contact with water. These sensors are mostly used by industries to level any liquid.
2. Reliable Dry Run Protection Dry-running protection is one of the most important monitoring functions which need to be present in your water level controller. When a water pump works without liquid there is a sudden increase of the internal temperature which leads to affect some parts of the pump. Hence to avoid the inconvenience of the dry running you should simply look for the water level controller which comes with the Dry-run protection.
3. No Hidden Charges.
At the time purchase, be sure about the clear communication for all the charges other then the water level controller unit.
Below are the cost which remains uncounted while you purchase water level controller:
- Installation charges.
- Cost of extra wire – Check the default/in-box wire length
- Cost of other hardware charges like – nuts & bolts, Glue, Adhesive tap etc.
4. Reliable After Sale Service:
Customers are the backbone of any business or organization. Hence, chose the brand that will always provide with proper guidance and support to their customer.
5. General Installation precautions:
The user needs to ensure that the wire of water level controller should not get damaged from anywhere. This may also interrupt the seamless working of any water level controller. Simply protect the wiring by using PVC wire protecting pipes. Which will not only protect wire from the unwanted animal but from the rain and short circuits as well.
Our Recommendations: Tankbolt is the most reliable and precise Mobile App based controller which is designed to provide simple solution to the daily water management problem. This fully automatic water level controller is an easily maintainable device that can be used to see water level of the tank in any smartphone device (Android & iOS), prevent the overflow and comes with a smart dry running protection of pump.
Advantages of Tankbolt:
• Savings in Electricity consumption since it switches off the pump automatically.
• Water overflow doesn’t happen, so you are saving the water too.
• Easy to install setup.
• Never miss water supply, as you can set scheduler as per the water supply timings
• No need to climb up to check the water level in the Tank, as you can check real time water level on your smartphone.
• Non-water contactable sensor, which is shockproof as well as, have zero impact of sour or hard water on it, hence good for the long run.
• No manual intervention required.
• Easy maintenance, install and forget for years.
• Auto start and off upon reaching the min and max threshold levels.
• Comes with Dry Run Protection: If while running motor water flows in the storage tank is not coming for more than 2 minutes it will stop the motor automatically.
• Low cost and it is absolutely affordable for all.
• Many intelligent logic & features are embedded for optimum performance. This system is a perfect tool for home automation.
• Remote monitoring (on WiFi) for analysis of system performance and operation.
• It comes with 100 feet long wire.
• Onsite as well as remote support.
Tankbolt - Automatic Water level Controller 