Apollo oil tank level gauge, move receiver?

Question

My new oil tank (1100 litre Harlequin ITE) is fitted with an Apollo wireless level gauge. According to the instruction sheet which the installer gave me after setting it all up, the receiver should stay in the socket originally plugged into, but can be moved as long as one is patient and waits for an hour for the receiver to pick up the transmitter from its new location. I haven't decided yet where I'd like to position the receiver. It has to be within 200m of the tank transmitter.

Anyone had any experience of these Apollo units and how reliable they are long term?

MM

ARW · Accepted Answer

It makes no difference as long as it is signal range. The only reason that they are suggesting you do not move the receiver is in case you move it to a socket that is out of signal range - that would make you liable for a call out charge if the installer is called back because the receiver is no longer working.

Dave Liquorice · Answer

And that 200 m is almost certainly clear line of sight, bung a wall or three in the way and you could be lucky to get 10 m ...

The long wait on moving the receiver is because it has no back-up and the transmitter doesn't transmit very often to conserve battery. Our Oil Watchman takes around 15 mins to aquire a reading.

MM · Answer

Yeah, it does say "line of sight" in the instruction sheet. But 200m is a  l o n g  way. My German radio-controlled alarm clock gets its signal from somewhere in Germany. MM

ARW · Answer

Does it receive German radio station broadcasts?

Fredxxx · Answer

Comparing the German DCF77 time signal with your wireless tank gauge is  like comparing your TV signal with red light. Well almost!

charles · Answer

I've got one that does and the one our village hall does too.

Clive George · Answer

A sky dish gets its signal from over 20 thousand miles away. I think  200m isn't that far...

alan_m · Answer

Apples and Oranges. If the transmitter in your tank transmitted at 30 to

50KW and at the same frequency I'm sure that you could receive it at the same distance you are from Germany. I'm not sure that you would want the electricity bill or the broadcasting charges. You probably wouldn't want all the readings from all the tanks within a couple of a hundred miles radius fitted with the same type of transmitter.

ARW · Answer

Best send MMs oil level transmitter up into the Clarke Belt then. I cannot think of anywhere else to send it.

Fredxxx · Answer

Try putting a concrete wall between the Sky dish and satellite. MM's wireless signal has a fighting chance of going through at least one  course of bricks.

MM · Answer

It's a clock, not a radio. MM

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