Gray/black tank gauge issues?
It appears the gray/black tank gauge on the new travel trailer we bought earlier this year is having accuracy problems. We recently stayed in it for a month. I noticed that often it did as expected. B...
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SoundGuy wrote:stlsailorrv wrote:
But I don’t want to be stuck with a gauge that malfunctions occasionally. Are random weird readings normal?
You may not want to but you will, just like pretty well everyone else does, and the reason is simple - monitor probes stick into the tank and clog from tank content. Tank treatments are available that claim to solve this issue but rarely do completely ... if it's such a concern for you then you want a better monitoring system with external tank sensors, otherwise just live with it as all the rest of us do. ;)
Well, I got a chuckle from this, because after reading all the comments (thanks everyone) I can see that you are right. It's far from my most pressing concern for the time being, but perhaps next year I'll look into the external sensors if time permits. But it probably won't, and I'll likely live with it. But at least I know the lay of the land.
