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Farm tanks: the level without driving across the fields

Slurry, drinking water, rainwater for irrigation, fuel in the yard tank, fertiliser tanks for fertigation. The sensor shows the state of every tank in one app and tells you when to act.

The problem

What happens when nobody is looking

The slurry tank near capacity

An overflow means a fine and unhappy neighbours. The sensor shows the filling rate and the date it needs emptying: you plan ahead instead of fighting fires.

The drinking water ran out overnight

An alert on minimum level in the tank and on no change for too long (the pump is not topping up). The animals do not wait until morning.

Fertigation: fertiliser has to be measured, not estimated

With fertiliser applied through irrigation, for example in highbush blueberry, the solution strength depends on how much water and concentrate actually went into the mixing tank. The sensor measures the tank level to the centimetre, so you set the dose from a measurement, and the history shows every mixing cycle.

Tanks far from the buildings

The LTE variant needs no WiFi in the field; WiFi works well around farm buildings with a plug-in receiver.

Installation

It hangs under the lid. Nothing touches the liquid.

The transmitter hangs under the tank lid, above the liquid, with no contact with slurry, fertiliser or fuel, so it neither corrodes nor fouls; the measurement does not depend on the strength or acidity of the fertiliser solution. IP67 housing, works in frost. For open tanks there is an edge bracket; for IBC containers, fuel tanks and fertiliser mixers it mounts in the inspection cap.

Which variant

WiFi: tanks by the buildings and the fertigation station

Receiver in the farm building or at the irrigation station, transmitters at tanks within 30 m. Several transmitters on one receiver, for example the water tank and the concentrate tanks.

Aquilo WIFI Liquid Level Sensor Wireless →

LTE: tanks in the field

Its own SIM card, a 2-year battery, logger mode where coverage is weak.

Aquilo LTE Liquid Level Sensor Wireless →

In the app

What you see on your phone

  • All tanks on one screen
  • Level in centimetres and litres, for measuring out water and fertiliser
  • Thresholds: full, empty, no change
  • Access for family and staff
  • Filling history and every mixing cycle, season after season

More about the app →

Agriculture

What people write after installing

“Awesome! I don’t have to run and check the septic tank, everything is in the app. Very convenient.”

Allegro customer
LTE sensor