Smart oil tank monitor with no subscription

I have Oilpal and it does everything that you ask.
Gives alerts when oil drops below a certain limit and even alerts you when the tank is filled. Have it just under a year and find it to be pretty accurate.
In fact it was accurate within 2 litres when it came to how much oil went into the tank on my last fill.
Easy to fit the only thing is the range between the gauge on the tank and the receiver in the house is impacted by walls etc .

noreply@oilpal.com

this is the address used to alert you for sudden drops in your tank.

Alert is only by email. As you say SMS or push through the app would be a lot better

maxamillius wrote: »

Thanks guys, basically I bought a house a year ago, oil heating, still not used to it and anytime I go to check the tank, it’s too late!!

Have ran out 3 times. As you say without push notification via txt it’s not really worth it.

Might just get a standard oil tank gauge for now.

Appreciate the responses

You can set a base volume level on your tank - 25% for example - it will email you every day until you fill it with a reminder to fill. So not too late to do something about it - even if you only check your email once a week you are covered
Works well for me

I've had mine for 2 years and it works well. I refill the tank 3 times each year and have never ran out since I got OilPal installed.
The readings aren't totally accurate but it's probably +/- 50l which is fine for me. I have the low volume limit at 20% which gives me plenty of time to refill. Like most people I check my email regularly during the day so I personally don't feel there is a need for an SMS. Push notification would be nice but the "app" is essentially just a repackaged version of the website so I've a feeling this would prevent the ability to do push notifications.

I've contacted them numerous times about enabling IFTTT integrations as a means to improve smart home capability but each time I've been told it's not on their radar.

I do think there's a lot of potential with the product that's not really being realized. It doesn't look like the hardware or software has changed much in the last 2 years which is disappointing.

For me though, it does what I need it to do so overall I'm a happy customer.

The oilpal unit can now be integrated with home assistant - https://community.home-assistant.io/t/oilpal-watchman-ultrasonic-oil-tank-level-reading-for-home-assistant/113134

It basically reads the data directly from the oilpal modem. I have it set up for a few weeks now, working no issues. Added benefit that I am no longer limited to accessing through the oilpal website, so if they stop trading or stop supporting the unit, it should still stay accessible.
Should be possible to set up some alarm through home assistant also.

Has anybody order one of these of late ? Tried to place an order a while back, and it kept being refunded ..

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Is this suitable in a rented house? Is it a permanent install or how does it attach to the tank? Would I be able to remove it easily?

If the current tank has a spot drilled out it should be ok, if not landlord Q. and leave it when you move.

Dr4gul4 wrote: »

Just installed and set up mine in HA

% set tank_type = {
"value": 1

Set your tank type value to anything except 1 is you dont have a round tank.

I'll report back when all the data is flowing back in, value seems a little high right now, nothing excessive, given it's only installed.

Anyone care to share their visualisation of this in HA?

john_doe. wrote: »

Anyone care to share their visualisation of this in HA?

My Lovelace displays like this .. altho there's about 100 ltrs in the diff between the app and the HA calcs ..

Looks like oilpal gone the way of the dodo, just wondering is there alternatives out there (someone I know looking for a recommendation)

I can and I am, this is for a friend who just likes oil pal.

scrape:

  - resource: http://192.168.1.65/diag.htm

  scan_interval: 60

  sensor:

  - name: OilPalData

   select: 'table:nth-of-type(2) td:nth-of-type(5)'

   unit_of_measurement: 'Litres'

   value_template: >-

    {% set modem_values = value.split(' ') %}

    {% set tank_temp = modem_values[1] %}

    {% if tank_temp != "Data" %}

     {% set tank_depth = modem_values[0] | int %}

     {% set tank_dimentions = {

      "height": 106,

      "width": 67,

      "length": 175,

     } %}

     {% set tank_volume = {

       "value": (tank_dimentions.height - tank_depth) * tank_dimentions.length * tank_dimentions.width / 1000,

      } %}

     {{ tank_volume.value | round (0) }}

    {% else %}

     {% if states.sensor.oilpaldata.state == "" %}

      Waiting for first reading

     {% else %}

      {{ states.sensor.oilpaldata.state }}

     {% endif %}

    {% endif %}