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Old 16th July 2017, 15:00   #288
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Originally Posted by alanaslan View Post
I hear your comment about them meant to be getting wet. The sensor I am referring to has at the sensing end two wires (electrodes) which need to be dipped in water to make a circuit. So the sensor is in fact a level alarm. You just mount at a height the water should not reach and if it goes off you have a blockage in the drain or the car is under water.



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Yes, but as said the plenum will be soaked when it rains anyway, so your probes will be and giving false warnings of flooding, unless you can find a normally dry and shielded place to install the probes.
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