float switch??

Laura and Jim will be hosting the May meeting this Saturday the 12th and it will be the usual of food, drinks, raffle and fun.
 
Doors will be open at 6:00 pm for social talk and the meeting will start at 7:00.  Parking gets a little tight and the city says you can't park on 4th but there is a parking lot a block away.   Meeting is usually held in the backyard so feel free to bring your favorite lawn chair, weather permitting of course.

If you need address/directions, contact a club member.

Best if you park at Mini Mall (where the spaghetti establishment use to be)
 
You will get to see his new frag tank set up in the making.
 
Hope to see you there!

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[BSHANE651]

I need to find a simple float switch to turn on/off a  power supply to a water pump for auto top off.

does anyone no where i can find one??

[mikeydog]

Goto http://www.mcmaster.com/ and then to page 466 and 467 of the catalog there are a ton of them for every applications.  I am using the B series on page 466.  The $10 ones..

Mike

[BSHANE651]

Thanks Mike that helps a lot, can those be set for when the water drops too low rather than getting too high??

[i1justin]

turn it upside down usually works since the sensor is usually at the top if you flip it then it has to reach a lower water level to reach the usual top
Justin

[PDAJunkie]

I use this one http://www.floatswitches.net/floatswitch.html.  Can't beat the price. ($6.00ea)  I've seen the same one listed for 27.00 elsewhere.

[Rico]

Instead of turning the float switch upside down, you can take the float (magenet) off the shaft and just turn the float over.  Then put back together and the functon is reversed.

Rick