Lucia 40: Water sender

[SailBlue]

With the current setup in my Lucia 40, I have to start the navigation system to check the water level in the tanks, as the sender is attached to the electronics backbone. I want to install a stand-alone sender to a gauge where I can anytime check the water level without starting the whole GPS-Navigation system.

Has anybody done this ? Pointers ? By the way, I pray the original sender does not go bad, it seems you have to demolish half the boat to get access !

[Kazamaran]

If it’s not tied to the NEMA backbone.(probaby not) get into the panel and pull the hot lead off from behind the guage and put it on a separate switch that works independently. You can leave the ground alone. Personally, I like mine all my guages lighting up on the main power switch. Makes me feel official….lol. Good luck.

[CaptainRivet]

Originally Posted by Kazamaran

If it’s not tied to the NEMA backbone.(probaby not) get into the panel and pull the hot lead off from behind the guage and put it on a separate switch that works independently. You can leave the ground alone. Personally, I like mine all my guages lighting up on the main power switch. Makes me feel official….lol. Good luck.

If its NMEA install a raspi with venus OS and a nmea hat. Then you can remote steer via a touchpanel or VPN portal from your phone or tablet the tank levels....maybe cheaper and less painfull then demolish half of boat and solve several other issues/monitoring needs too.