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View Poll Results: Do you use an Auto Top Off
Nope 32 21.77%
Yup 109 74.15%
Stopped using due to overflow/malfunction/other 2 1.36%
Uncertain 4 2.72%
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Old 02-20-2012, 04:55 PM
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The tunze comes with a pump and is a way more reliable system uses a optic sensor, don't cheap out on this we did and lost most of a tank a few years ago.
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Old 02-20-2012, 05:59 PM
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Look at the avast marine ATO. It uses a pressure sensor. When the water lowers and the pressure is released it tops up until the pressure builds up. No moving parts to get stuck
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The tunze comes with a pump and is a way more reliable system uses a optic sensor, don't cheap out on this we did and lost most of a tank a few years ago.
Hmmm. What was it that went wrong?
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