Just a little FYI about ATK and sensors

Yates273

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So I figured I would throw this out there since it drove me nuts for a little bit and maybe it can help someone that may have the same symptom I was having. I installed my Neptune ATK which is close to my Skimmer overflow. In my skimmer overflow I have a float sensor that triggers my alarm and shuts off skimmer so it does not overflow. I noticed that my float sensor kept triggering my alarm and turning my skimmer off. Well after pulling the sensor out to make sure it wasn’t stuck the alarm would turn off and all was fine. Figuring it was maybe a wire I put skimmer overflow back in place and started messing with my BOB and wiring. Well once I put everything back it triggered my alarm again. Turns out the Neptune magnet was strong enough to trigger the float sensor and turn off my skimmer. I ended up having to move skimmer overflow further away from ATK magnet since the magnet was the culprit. I even tried putting wood in between the magnet and my overflow box and it still triggered an alarm. Oh well figured I would share just in case anyone else is having similar issue.

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Hmmm..... That is interesting. I wonder how common of an issue that is.
 

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