On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Tim McDonough wrote:

*>On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 10:17:20 +1300, Brent Brown wrote:
*>>You didn't list conductivity type probes. I have done a few of these
*>>and I've posted to the PIClist on the topic before. Your application
*>>could be well suited to this method, especially because you have a
*>>grounded metal tank and non-explosive atmosphere.
*>
*>I'm not certain if a conductivity type probe would work in this
*>application. The material in the tanks is comprised of a lot of oil
*>which I believe is not conductive. In fact it's used as a coolant in big
*>transformers, etc. Am I off base here?

Go capacitive imho. Oil wants capacitive.

Peter

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