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04-04-2010, 14:59
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Portland, Oregon USA
Boat: 1977 Newport 30 MkII
Posts: 75
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Anyone Use a SCAD Tank Monitor ?
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05-04-2010, 06:56
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 47,877
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Practical Sailor selected the SCAD SOLO tank monitor as a 2009 Editor’s Choice product.
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05-04-2010, 17:02
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Portland, Oregon USA
Boat: 1977 Newport 30 MkII
Posts: 75
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I placed my order this morning.
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06-04-2010, 05:14
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
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Let us know how it works out for you, after you've had it a while.
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Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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06-04-2010, 06:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South coast of England, moving around a bit.
Boat: Long range motor cruiser
Posts: 750
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Can anyone tell me how these external sensors work? I'd really like to be convinced. They look like the answer to the nightmare of having to clean the internal sensors in my holding tank.
P.
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06-04-2010, 06:52
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Antonio, TX/Bocas del Toro, Panama
Boat: 1990 Macintosh 47, "Merlin"
Posts: 2,827
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I'll be waiting to hear about the above. I've been wanting to pull the trigger on a SCAD monitor...
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06-04-2010, 09:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: SF Bay
Boat: Catalina C-42
Posts: 168
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I've had one installed aboard for over a year. The SCAD monitors my aft holding tank. No problems and seems to be accurate & stable. The tank is an extreme wedge shape. One of the SCAD Solo programmed in tank shape "profiles" seem to match the tank's shape pretty well. I have purchased another for my forward holding tank & will install it soon.
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13-04-2010, 11:16
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: cruising Med/Turkey
Boat: Wauquiez 43 PS
Posts: 64
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We've had a SCAD Solo tank installed for a couple of years now and it is accurate. Since we have an aluminum tank, the external sensors (copper foils with pick-ups) were not an option. SCAD provides a 1" pvc tube with the sensor tape inside. You cut the tube the desired length and glue on an end cap. Works better than the bellows with float that never was accurate and cleaning was not pleasant. Get the SCAD.
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21-04-2010, 19:29
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Portland, Oregon USA
Boat: 1977 Newport 30 MkII
Posts: 75
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I installed the monitor and calibrated it today so we'll see how it goes.
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15-05-2010, 17:12
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 244
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I installed the monitor and calibrated it today so we'll see how it goes.
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Any update?
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16-05-2010, 21:47
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Portland, Oregon USA
Boat: 1977 Newport 30 MkII
Posts: 75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BambooSailor
Any update?
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Yes. If you do not already have one of these... GO GET ONE!
We all love it, and it works accurately too.
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01-08-2020, 15:47
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 13
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Re: Anyone Use a SCAD Tank Monitor ?
Does the monitor retain it's calibration when the power is removed? I would assume so, but I can't find that documented anywhere.
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01-08-2020, 15:50
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Aboard
Boat: Seaton 60' Ketch
Posts: 1,337
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Re: Anyone Use a SCAD Tank Monitor ?
We've installed several; they seem to be fine; our favorite system is HART Tank Tender but we have no issues with SCAD
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01-08-2020, 15:52
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Gainesville, FL
Boat: Sabre 30 mk III
Posts: 38
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Re: Anyone Use a SCAD Tank Monitor ?
I have one on my current boat and also on my previous boat. Works great. Very effective. Retains calibration well. I use them for my water and holding tanks. I highly recommend.
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01-08-2020, 17:17
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Boat: Delivery Capt- I move OP Boats
Posts: 3,617
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Re: Anyone Use a SCAD Tank Monitor ?
Just installed one on my boat. Super easy!
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