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Low Water Level Indicator Alarm Circuit for Water Tank

April 18, 2022 by Charles Clark Leave a Comment

Most of the time we wish to have a water low-level alarm (liquid level alarm) circuit to know if the amount of water inside the tank has decreased in order to switch ON the water pump set. Don’t worry about that, we can implement a simple low-water level indicator alarm circuit for your home or office with the help of liquid level probes. Our water level sensor alarm detects the fluid level using a transistor switching circuit.

Low Water Level Indicator Alarm Circuit Diagram

Components Required for Low Water Level Indicator Alarm Circuit

  1. Power supply
  2. BC 547 transistor
  3. Resistors ¼ Watt (100Ω; 1kΩ)
  4. Buzzer 6V

Working Principle of Fluid Level Sensor

  • The working of this schematic is almost similar to the water tank overflow alarm circuit based on a transistor switch for digital logic.
  • When the probe that is connected to the BC547 transistor via a 100Ω resistor is covered by water, the potential at the point ‘A’ is 0V (ground potential).
  • Thus the transistor remains in an OFF state. So the buzzer won’t produce any sound.
  • If the water level goes below the ‘Low’ liquid level probe, the potential at the point ‘A’ becomes almost equal to Vcc.
  • This turns ON the BC547 transistor, then a current will start to flow from Vcc to the ground through the transistor.
  • Thus the buzzer produces a beep sound, indicating that the water level inside the tank has reached to bottom and you need to switch ON the water pump set.
  • Our previous project’s automatic water tank controller will help you to switch ON the water pump set automatically.

Pinout of Bc547

Pinout of BC547 transistor

Conclusion

We have already discussed different types of fluid level alarms and water tank level indicators. They are mainly to detect overflow from the water tank. But this low water level indicator alarm circuit indicates that the tank is near to being emptied.

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