MultiTrode Probe Overview
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The MultiTrode probe has proved to be the most reliable and cost-effective liquid level control system available. It was designed for the arduous and turbulent conditions encountered in municipal wastewater, and is supplied as a 10-sensor in a variety of lengths, 3-sensor or single sensor. Custom versions also available.
- Virtually no maintenance required.
- Simple installation from outside of sump.
- Easy visibility of start and stop points.
- Unaffected by fat, grease, debris and foam.
- Excellent in turbulent sumps.
- Safe, low sensing voltage.
- How reliable is it?
- Ultra-reliable. There are no moving parts and no electronics, so it will last for 20+ years. That's why it gets a 10 year warranty.
- No other level sensing device comes close.
- What control devices can use it?
- For lift stations under water/wastewater utility control - try the MultiSmart pump station manager.
- For smaller sumps and storm water applications with 2 pumps where no monitoring is required, try the MTDPC pump controller.
- For 1 and 2 pump applications with no alternation use the MTIC.
- For the simplest control, you can use the MTR family of relays.
- What skills are needed to install a probe?
- Only reading the instructions! Probe installation is easily achieved without the need to enter the wet area. The probe is simply lowered in from the top and suspended by its own cable, using the mounting kit supplied. Install near the inflow, not in the quietest part of the well!
- How do I calibrate it?
- No calibration required. No waiting for the well to empty and fill. You can choose the start, stop and alarm points and you can see where they are.
- How much maintenance does it need?
- Usually very little or none. Install it near the inflow and it stays relatively clean. If there is any build up, it occurs on the activation sensor and rarely affects the operation.
- The probe shown below was still fully operational despite the buildup. The operator is pulling the probe through the standard cleaning bracket to clean off the buildup.
Testimonial
"I had no idea what a probe was, until I had to clean it 11 years later."
Butch Williamson, Williamson and Sons Electric, Ohio
Butch called MultiTrode Inc. for technical support. His concern was that the pumps at a particular lift station in Jeffersonville, OH were short cycling. He indicated that he performed maintenance for the City and had not had any level control problems with this particular site since it was installed in 1993. During the technical support call we asked whether a ten-senor probe controlled the station or whether it was controlled by individual probes. He was unfamiliar with the Multitrode probe and said, "I have never seen a Probe".
After a brief explanation, Butch cleaned the probe using the standard mounting bracket, and the station resumed normal operation.
