Bavaria panel 201 - how to fix the blinking tank sensor
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- On the panel 201 there is two red LEDs located at the switch nr. 14, the two red LEDs is named T1 and T2 wich stands for holding tank nr. 1 and holding tank nr. 2.
The switch is for the scredder pump from the toilet to the holding tank so you get a thin flowing stream of shit to the tank.
On my boat I only have one manual toilet so the scredder pump is not pressent. I also only have one holding tank so my system only use the T1 LED at the panel.
In this video I show how to test the system and how to fix a fault in the sensor in the holding tank.
In this video I don't let out any waste into the ocean.
My holding tank has been empty all the years I have owned the boat and in this video I only use clean water to demonstrate the function of the system.
In this video I used West System Epoxy and a Dremel Tool
The holding tank sensor is of the brand Calira and you can buy one new here : www.jasicamp.n...
Excellent breakdown and fix video. Thank you.
What is the name of the product you used to seal the bottom of the rods on/ in the housing? Trans 17?
Also... what did you re-fill the top of the blue housing with? The brown filled.... epoxy?
I have the same problem. You described the problem and solution so clearly. Thanks a lot.
Great video, thanks!
Hi. Great videos. Thanks so much. May I ask about the water tank and battery level selector switches. Do you know a dealer for this switches. Bestregards.
Nice fix Tino!
Thanks :)
Thanks for this video nice informative Tino
Brilliant!
Dear Tino,
Thank you for sharing this. My probleem is on my bav 30 that the light of the holding thank is always blinking.
I repleast the sensor for a new wanne and i have still have the probleem. Do you have any idee?.
Thanks, erik
If it's always blinking I think the problem is a shorting somewhere in the wire from the panel to the sensor. If you dismount the sensor and it keeps blinking try to dismount the wire on the backside of the panel, if the blinking stops you know the wire has a shorting somewhere. If it still blinks the problem is in the panel.
The easy fix is just take out the bulb.
Tino G - Sailing thank you Tino, if i Connect the the sensor only with one wire blue to blue the blinking stops . When i do youre test put it in water the two wires then the both lamps are blinking😥! When i disconect the wire from the panel both lamps are blinking....i do not know what i can do! Have sent some emails to bavaria yachts but they nevergive a strade answer....
Frank Higgins no Frank it must be working........
Think there is one ground wire and then two "sensor" wires, one for the T1 and one for the T2. Something there is a bit strange is when you are disconnecting the wires then both lamps are blinking. When everything is "normal" is it only T1 there is blinking or both ?
Hej Tino,
Har selv en bavaria 30 cruiser. Har du overvejet på et tidspunkt at lave en video om servicering/opstramning af styretøj/kædetræk?
Mvh
Søren
Tak for dit forslag. Jeg har haft det i tankerne og kan også se at der er så godt som ingen info om emnet nogen steder.
Tino G - Sailing. Lige præcis. Men ellers super gode videoer du laver. God info.
Tak :)
Hi Tino,
I have a 2004 Bavaria 36 and your videos have helped me to learn things that I didn't know about my Bavaria so it's only fair that I return the favour. I have also had the issue where the light does not go out but it eventually does when it dries out.
Information on the Panel 201 is very sparse in the manual and on the internet and so we have no choice but to make assumptions at times. The T1 and T2 LED's are for the same tank not two different tanks. T2 is when the level in the tank is above 3/4 and T1 is when the tank is full. I have experienced this behaviour on my boat and can also be confirmed here th-cam.com/video/NoPgSjchOgk/w-d-xo.html
Looking at your video (th-cam.com/video/MXwzQnmltXY/w-d-xo.html) of the tank sensor it looks like there is a third very short sensor. Now how does this work with only two wires? I think the insulation on the two long probes is a clue and it probably uses resistance to determine the level i.e. long probe more resistance than short probe.
Hope this helps
A man from the Nederlands has send me a video where he shows how the system works with the electronics dismounted from the panel. On his sensor he has 3 rods so the system act as you described. But on my boat I have 2 rods on the sensor so only the T1 LED is active. On newer systems they use resistance sensors so you can get a more accurate measurement but for the old systems it's just on and off. The point is to make it as simple and long lasting as possible.