Looking for a water flow meter

sam_sam_sam

Hi Every One


I am at it agian

I want to use something that shows flow of water and use this with a
Basic Stamp

·I Google for a flow meter before and was not able to find any thing· that i
was willing to spend the money on

I·looking to spend up to $50.00 or maybe a liitle more·on this item


·I AM·NOT LOOKING FOR A SWITCH· any


It only has to meter·1 to·5·GPM but it has read the flow


Can any one help me·with out me spending an arm and a leg on this


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Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 3/20/2007 5:09:13 PM GMT

stamptrol

For $50 I don't think you will have much choice.

Try getting some sort of propeller into the water stream and count the blades going by a Hall effect sensor.

Omega Engineering has some paddle wheel style with a pulse output but are well over $50.

Try e-bay as well.

If the delivery stream doesn't have to be under pressure, you can build a weir dam in a piece of rain gutter with a triangular slot in it. Measure the height of water as it builds up against the weir. More height means more flow.

Good luck.

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Tom Sisk

http://www.siskconsult.com
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Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

It's not $50, but it's under $100: webcat.ryanherco.com/products/490/120/210/490120210.cfm. And it would interface nicely with a BASIC Stamp.

-Phil

sam_sam_sam

·Phil Pilgrim

Thank You for the Web Link This will work and I will buy one and try it out

This is a little more money than i want to spend on this flow meter but not
overly priced

When·i·was looking for·them before the ones that i saw where alot more money and where the ventera type flow meter






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steve_b

What's the diameter of the pipe and what kind of flow do you expect?

There would be an associated water pressure with a certain flow in a certain pipe.
Do you just want to know set points? Could just use a water pressure switch (fairly cheap)....then set it for the pressure you're interested in.

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Steve

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Franklin

Found this by Googling. www.allergybegone.com/flowpro-fpdm-200-digital-flow-meter.html

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Brian_B

Heres what I use in my little concrete plant.







·www.mscdirect.com··· page 4547

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Franklin

Thanks for the web link this just might work

For this price i might just hack it to find out how it work


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Brian Beckius

Thanks for your reply but is alittle more than what i want to spend on this project

steve_b
Thank for your reply I would like to use 3/4 pvc pipe

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Franklin

I bought two of these and I took one apart and it has a reed switch in it

Found this by Googling. www.allergybegone.com/flowpro-fpdm-200-digital-flow-meter.html

I am going to use a Parallax Melexis 90217 sensor to count the RPM's and chage it GPM

I will have to order some of these to play with

http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=605-00005

It has a nice wheel with a magnet and runs very freely well worth the $27.00 for it

Thank You For finding this item for me

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Post Edited (sam_sam_sam) : 4/10/2007 3:34:36 AM GMT

tercou1

Here you go Sam: better late than never

http://www.futurlec.com/FLOW25L0.shtml

about 10 dolloars

tercou1

I sent you a link for a water flow sensor not meter, sorry bout that

xanatos

Flow meters are notoriously expensive. You can try Great Plains Industries, they make fantastic units, but there is a great variation in prices. The one I just used for a client project was all stainless steel and cost almost $1k!!!

Spiral_72

tercou1 wrote: »

Here you go Sam: better late than never

http://www.futurlec.com/FLOW25L0.shtml

about 10 dolloars

Thank you for posting this. They have the exact sensor I wanted for a project a couple months ago. -Bookmarked-