Water level - capacitive (Odyssey)

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Parameter to be measured:

Water level

Method:

Capacitive

Equipment:

Odyssey

Advantages:

  • Cheap
  • Logging of 64k of data
  • Logger start by starting start time
  • The lack of an outer shroud makes it easy to transport the probes
  • Available in different lengths
  • Available with 2 sizes of brass weights
  • The probe fits exactly on a 32 mm (ID) PVC pipe
  • You can replace the batteries yourself

Disadvantages:

What to watch out for:

  • Don’t damage the wire.

Problems/Questions:

  • After 2 years of use, two of my loggers would no longer connect to the computer. All others still worked fined.
  • One of my loggers would only record data for a few seconds. Restarting the logger and letting it run until the storage was full seemed to take care of this.

Links

Projects that used the above equipment:


Other related web sites:

http://www.odysseydatarecording.com/odyssey_productsview.php?key=1

References