Re: [Dorset] A New Wimborne Model Town Project Query - Sensing Water Levels and Flow

2017-05-04 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday, 4 May 2017 17:26:41 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > If the control logic looks like being at all complex you'll probably > want to simulate the system all in software; your control logic versus > random events/you acting as the gods. When I was writing Python, I used > its TkInter GUI li

Re: [Dorset] A New Wimborne Model Town Project Query - Sensing Water Levels and Flow

2017-05-04 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > Part of the control system will include varying the amount of water > pumped from the sump to the bog garden ... > we need to know the level of water and the flow at various points > around the system. If the control logic looks like being at all complex you'll probably want to simula

Re: [Dorset] A New Wimborne Model Town Project Query - Sensing Water Levels and Flow

2017-05-04 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:52:49 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Does the sump at the bottom of the river have the capacity to cope with > no power for the pump that takes the water back uphill? Perhaps it > overflows into a drain? If not, I guess the pump runs continously or > the river flow is shut

Re: [Dorset] A New Wimborne Model Town Project Query - Sensing Water Levels and Flow

2017-05-04 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > However, once the rainwater collection scheme is in place with five or > more water butts to store the water, then the risk of floods will be > increased after periods of heavy rainfall. In the end, the monitoring > and control is more about that scenario than the present one. Does t

Re: [Dorset] A New Wimborne Model Town Project Query - Sensing Water Levels and Flow

2017-05-04 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:20:48 BST Patrick Wigmore wrote: > I must admit, it surprises me that the river system is so > sensitive to the weather conditions. I would have expected there > to exist a constant pumping rate that would maintain the river > between sensible high and low levels except i

Re: [Dorset] A New Wimborne Model Town Project Query - Sensing Water Levels and Flow

2017-05-04 Thread Patrick Wigmore
On Thursday, 4 May 2017, at 11:29:27 BST, Terry Coles wrote: > Since the system will be running largely unattended 24/7, we > want to be able to predict the onset of a flood or drought in > the river. To do that we need to measure the actual depth so > we can determine the rate of change. I must

Re: [Dorset] A New Wimborne Model Town Project Query - Sensing Water Levels and Flow

2017-05-04 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:15:34 BST Andrew wrote: > In case you didn't already know, 'digital' versions of these are > available quite easily and probably cheap, or free. They are used in > most if not all washing machines and dish washers. The one I've looked > at recently has a screw for pressu