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Why Solar Gauge?

EFG-8000 Why

ONE OF THE BEST COST / CAPABILITIES RATIO IN THE INDUSTRY.

Our product price and capabilities lie between mechanical gauges such as a clock gauge and the low end electric point of sale systems. (Most POS systems don’t have direct gallon readouts out at the tank and are non-operative during a power outage.)

MONITORS HORIZONTAL CYLINDRICAL TANKS DIRECTLY IN GALLONS.

Our product is the only self contained electronic gauge on the market that displays the tank quantity directly in gallons for the horizontal cylindrical tanks. No chart, or math is required for the operator to calculate the quantity in their tank. The operator simply reads the displayed unit amount in the tank. Industry wide this is a BIG deal. It only takes a few bulk tank deliveries that have returned fuel charges to pay the difference of our products compared to the inexpensive mechanical gauges in operation today. In this example, knowledge is not only power it is an operational savings for the long term and protecting the site from overfills.

TANK HEIGHTS OF LESS THAN A FOOT TO OVER 42 FEET
9” to 516” (43 Feet)

Each gauge is able to be configured for tanks of various sizes and heights. This exceeds the height limitations of all but a few mechanical gauges. Our gauge compared to a mechanical gauge has many options to increase your tank monitoring capabilities ... See below ... (Tank Size Range between 10 and 1,000,000 Gallons.)

OUR GAUGES ARE INTRINSICALLY SAFE.

Our gauges operate well below intrinsically safe voltage and current levels. Normal operation is below 3 volts and less than 1 milliamp. Our gauges circuit design has redundant safe guards to work in class 1 division 1 & 2 classifications. Data communication between a gauge and any of the remote data product options are safely isolated by opto-isolated components and other redundant (power limiting) safe guards.

OUR GAUGE DISPLAYS DIRECTLY IN GALLONS, LITERS, 
INCHES, POUNDS, OR % FULL

The gauge display is being derived from a computer based technology so we can easily convert any gauge product to be displayed in various measurements. This has been beneficial because our products are used on petroleum tanks in different countries, water canals, municipal water storage tanks, chemical tanks, processing tanks, surge tanks, nurse tanks, and many other application too numerous to mention.

OUR GAUGES ARE INSTALLED IN MINUTES

The normal installation consists of a gauge display head, a transducer, and a probe. The probe is installed inside the tank and suspended from the end of the transducer which is connected to a 2” NPT pipe nipple on top of the tank. A three wire connection is made between the gauge display head and the transducer. In most applications the gauge is preprogrammed before delivery and the installer wakes up the gauge from a shipping mode. He then confirms the displayed gallons to the actual measurement of liquid in the tank. If order information received was correct, seldom, if any, adjustment is required.

THEY ARE EASILY FIELD PROGRAMMED

Our gauges have hidden adjustment switches activated by a magnetic pen. The field service tech may access the operator manuals posted on our web site or may call for customer assistance toll free at 1.888.884.2843. Most common field adjustments are changing the high or low alarm set points, or adjusting the off set to match an existing installation.

THEY HAVE DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES TO ASSIST 
DURING INSTALLATION AND OPERATION

All of the gauge products operate with multiple error code capabilities. The message "HELP" will show and alternate back and forth with an error code. Make note of this error code, it is required to diagnose the fault. This has proved to be instrumental in determining what may be causing the gauge not to perform correctly. Error codes are posted for each product in their operation manuals. Customer assistance is available by phone to help the service tech determine the fault. Customer assistance is very important to each of us at Greenleaf Gauge and we do our best to get you back in operation as quickly as possible. If your gauge shows "HELP", it needs to be serviced to determine the cause. DO NOT USE the gauge for determining tank liquid level.

MANY OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

Although our product was originally designed as a stand alone product, we have developed several optional devices to connect via a data output connection. Because of the need to maintain a intrinsically safe connection, we do not provide or allow for any other products than our own to be connected to the gauge display head. This web site details that various options available. At the end of the day the gauge display head will continue to operate as a stand alone device if line voltage should be lost. This has been EXTREMELY important in areas hit by natural disaster that utility power has been lost and not available for days or months. The operator still can monitor the amount of gallons in the tank and order fuel in a timely manner. The point of sale systems are just out of luck in this case and one would have to rely on the actual measurement of the fuel. Oh, where did I put that stick and the tank chart??? If you gauge tanks for emergency back up generators in critical support services THIS IS THE PRODUCT FOR YOU!

CUSTOM PROGRAMMING FOR ODD SHAPED TANKS POSSIBLE.

Because the gauge converts the probe position in the tank to display by means of a computer program, we can provide custom tank shaped programs. This is extremely important for several tank manufactures whose tanks are not rectangular or round. If this is your issue contact Greenleaf Gauge, we have been the solution for others, we may be your solution too!

HIGH PRODUCT RELIABILITY BACKED BY
EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

High product reliability is our goal and this goal is achieved. Our product is a electro-mechanical device. Failures, although rare, do occur. Vandalism, lighting strikes and water contamination from improperly installed conduits have caused failures. How you will be supported for determining what component to replace and how to get that replacement part is an important part of our business. We support our products. We invite you to become a part of the many satisfied users of the Greenleaf Gauge family of products.



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