[Pumptesting] New level sensor installed in fire cistern Re: Test done today

[Tara Halwes]

I sent it to Jen as soon as I’d placed the order ☺️

On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 18:39 Phéna Proxima <adam at phenaproxima.net> wrote:

> Tara, you are the best deputy a fella could ask for. And thank you Daver
> et. al. for fixing this. SH Trustees will reimburse the cost of the part if
> you send us a receipt (assuming you haven't already).
>
> Greets from 34K feet over the North Atlantic!
>
> A
> On Saturday, October 18th, 2025 at 11:36 PM, Tara Halwes <
> tarahalwes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Awesome Mike! Aim for Wednesday unless you hear otherwise from Courtney.
> What time of day you’re available will determine if you get Courtney vs me
> to walk you through it, but it’s now substantially less weird than it would
> have been 24 hours ago because …
>
> We successfully installed and programmed the new level sensor today!
> Mostly Daver, but also Tara and Helené!
>
> We added a new “call us” warning at 5’ before the “call fire dept” warning
> at 4’.
>
> We confirmed these worked (signaled the FACP correctly) and that the new
> sensor correctly reported its depth as a function of pressure.
>
> The new alarm level shouldn’t affect your testing as we’re not regularly
> going to fake out the tank level dropping to test alarm comms, but it is
> part of the set of cistern level thresholds you’re logging data in context
> of when you check the gray box readout and write it down on paper (aka
> “suction reservoir”).
>
> *Fire cistern level thresholds*
> As programmed by Dave Ritchie for new level sensor installed Oct 18, 2025:
> - *4ft - VERY LOW ALARM *- summons FD
> - *5ft - LOW WARNING *- calls us (Adam/Tara/Ross/DaveS) so we can start
> investigating why it’s this low and also warn the Water team something
> weird is happening
> - *6.8ft - START FILLLING *- this level or lower signals the solenoid to
> refill the cistern until it hits 7ft - you should be able to hear it
> running if the level is 6.8ft or lower
> - *7ft - STOP FILLING* - if filling, tells solenoid to stop filling. You
> should not hear it filling above 7ft.
> - *8ft - HIGH WARNING *- calls us. Presumably sensor error or very heavy
> rain.
>
> ~Tara
> 508-361-9605
>
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 14:18 Mike Gaisford <mgaisford at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd be happy to do the tests on the next scheduled date. Is there
>> training needed to work the modified checklist? Im in AZ now but will be
>> available on Wednesday onward to meet to review if needed.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM Tara Halwes <tarahalwes at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> FYI the new level sensor has arrived and is in my house, so hopefully I
>>> can get Daver to install it today or tomorrow and next week we can resume
>>> including that set of checks in our testing.
>>>
>>> Generator repair is still To Be Scheduled, presumably waiting on a part
>>> ordered by Weld, who is our generator subcontractor through SWSS.
>>>
>>> Our control panel display is still stuck on “updating” but we will
>>> continue to do pump testing regardless, referring to the analog pressure
>>> gauges for our measurements.
>>>
>>> Thank you Courtney for all the work you’ve done to make this easier for
>>> fellow volunteers to figure out, and consequently making me look smart and
>>> together in front of the fire chief. 😋
>>>
>>> Tara
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 08:27 Courtney Lewis <courtney.d.lewis at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I skipped the lines with the suction pump reservoir but everything else
>>>> is done.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my phone with the “help” of my two young ones
>>>>
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