Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Leak Alarm

[Laurent ROUFFIGNAC <laurent_rouffignac@yahoo.com>]

Hi Dan,

You shouldn't use copper for the detection. Even if
it's a little bit more expensive try platinum probes
to avoid corosion, especially if you have to "test" it
with salt water.

Laurent

--- "Dan H." <jmachine@adelphia.net> wrote:
> Here's little unit I thought might be of interest to
> anyone building.  
> 
> I wanted to install something to detect any water
> leaking in to my K-350's battery pods and the three
> thruster pods before it creates a problem with
> operations.  
> 
> I fooled around with a few circuits but they were
> either to sensitive or not sensitive enough.  I came
> across this little unit on the net and ordered it. 
> It sells for around $30 including a nine volt
> battery and shipping.   
> http://www.floodbusteronline.com/index.html
> 
> I made my own sensors, which are no more then a
> piece of copper in each pod, and ran wires to the
> unit in the hull where I can switch to "All pods" or
> select each pod separately to determine where the
> leak is.  The only things I needed to add to the
> unit were a on/off switch, a selector switch and a
> diode in the line from each pod.  
> 
> Cheap and it works well,
> Dan H.
> 


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