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CIRCUIT

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VERSATILE WATER-LEVEL CONTROLLER

A. SHAFEEK AHAMED

S . C.

DWI V E DI

his simple, economical and versatile circuit switches on the motor pump when water in the overhead tank falls below the lowest level and turns it off when the tank is full. Moreover, if the pump is running dry due to low voltage, it sounds an alarm to alert you to switch off the controller circuit (and hence the mo-

trodes are suspended into the tank such that they dont touch each other. Points B, L and U of the water-level controller circuit are connected to the respective points of the sensor electrodes assembly. When water in the tank is below the lowest level L1, all the electrodes are electrically separated and hence points L and U (pins 6 and 2 of IC2, respectively) are pulled up to the sup-

When water rises to the overflow level L2 and touches electrode E3, point U (pin 2 of IC2) is connected to already sunken ground electrode E2, thereby triggering it. IC2 resets to give a high output at pin 3. This is inverted by transistor T1 to cut off transistor T2 and de-energise relay RL1. The motor pump now stops to prevent water overflow. As water is consumed, the water

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filter out unwanted noise. Switches S2 and S3 can be used to manually switch on and off the motor pump, respectively, when water is in between the upper and lower levels. Switch S1 is used to disable the unit during dry pump run or while flushing the tank. For the sensor electrodes, use a moulded-type AC chord (used for tape recorders) with its pair of wires sleeved at the end and connected together to form the electrode. Other electrodes can be made similarly. These three AC chords are suspended inside the tank from a longitudinally cut PVC pipe energised relay indicates on status of the motor. 3. Immerse points A and B in Fig. 3: Dry pump sensor set-up water. The buzzer stops sounding to indicate that water is flowing out of the pipe to short points A and B. This confirms no dry run. 4. Immerse points B and L in water, as would be the case when the water level rises. Momentarily touch point U to water. LED1 goes off and the relay de-energises to turn

Fig. 2: Water-level electrodes set-up for overhead tank

sound an alarm indicating dry running

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You must be logged in to leave a comment. Submit Characters: 400 02 / 08 / 2010This doucment made it onto the Rising List! zakariazako can i get your e-mail for more communication please reply12 / 22 / 2009 zakariazako mester ipnajam does the circuit use an ac or dc courant for electrodes because that causes problems if the circuit use an dc ( chimical problems on electrods) reply12 / 22 / 2009 swweek can i get a documentation for this project

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reply06 / 24 / 2009 santoshnagre030 i want it for my project 02 / 14 / 2010 melhiorin I ask you to tell me is it possible to replace the transistor SL100 for BD135/136; BD137/138; BD139/140 and how it will look like in the scheme. reply03 / 17 / 2009 kaen10 thank reply02 / 19 / 2009 chandrukumar_p5773 hi reply01 / 10 / 2009 ipnajam Approx cost is 5 doller or Rs:340/= in pakistan reply06 / 08 / 2008 You must be logged in to leave a comment. Submit Characters: ... Upload a Document Search Documents Follow Us! scribd.com/scribd twitter.com/scribd facebook.com/scribd About Press Blog Partners Scribd 101 Web Stuff Support FAQ Developers / API Jobs Terms Copyright Privacy Copyright 2012 Scribd Inc. Language: English

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