Geotech Oil/Water Interface Probes With Float
Features
- Audible & visible alarms activated on reel when probe contacts product & water
- Highly accurate Tefzel coated steel tape marked in engineering or metric increments
- Extremely durable polypropylene storage reel with rugged aluminum frame
- Free ground shipping
- Expedited repair and warranty service
- Lifetime technical support
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Overview
The Geotech Interface Probe With Float is a portable reel-mounted instrument that provides measurements of liquids lighter and heavier than water. When the Interface Probe is lowered down a well and contacts the product layer, a solid tone and red light alarm is activated at the reel. When the probe detects water, the tone begins to oscillate and the light changes to green.
Mechanics
The durable storage reel is made from polypropylene with a rugged aluminum frame. The probe consists of a stainless steel and FEP probe attached to a reel-mounted, Tefzel-coated engineer's tape. The engineer's tape comes in engineering or metric increments and is accurate to 1/100 of a foot. The probe has a float that detects hydrocarbon levels and a pair of stainless steel contacts for sensing conductive fluids. The Interface Probe includes a padded carrying case and tape guide.
- (1) Interface probe with float
- (1) Carrying case
- (1) Tape guide
- (1) Operations manual
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[caption id="attachment_39339" align="alignnone" width="940"] An overview of the Fellows Ave monitoring station along Meadowbrook Creek.
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[caption id="attachment_39295" align="alignnone" width="940"] The first telemetry unit was installed at LCCD along Little Conestoga Creek. (Credit: Tyler Keefer / LCCD) [/caption] 
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