Water · SavvyTanks V3
Tank levels at a glance
Fresh, grey and black water on one screen, plus the level in an underslung LPG tank - and a built-in driver for the gas solenoid, so you can isolate the gas from inside the van.
£90 including VAT
You will need: A SavvyVan3 panel. Everything the add-on needs in software is already on the panel.
What it does
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Up to three water tanks
Fresh, grey and black - set up as many or as few as your van actually has, and choose which is which on the panel. With more than one configured they take turns on the main screen every 5 seconds.
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Gas level, and gas off
Reads any standard 0–90 or 0–95 ohm sender, and the driver for the solenoid is built in - so shutting the gas off is a tap on the screen rather than a trip outside. Tested with Gasit, Propex and Autogas2000 underslung tanks.
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Two relays for the jobs around it
Ten amps each. Most people use them for a motorised drain valve or the gas solenoid, but they will switch anything else in the van you want on a timer.
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Probes you can already buy
Works with CBE PC200 water probes, ours or anyone else’s. The plastic cap on the end of the probe stays on - it is meant to be there.
The numbers
| Water tanks | Up to 3 - fresh, grey and black |
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| Water probes | CBE PC200, ours or third-party |
| Gas senders | Any 0–90 or 0–95 ohm sender, not polarity sensitive |
| Gas solenoid | 12V ultra low current driver, built in |
| Relays | 2, 10A each |
| Size | 115 × 55 × 25 mm |
| Its own draw | 0.06A at 12V |
| Connection | Wireless to the panel |
Fitting it
- How hard
- Straightforward
- How long
- An hour or two, most of it running probe cable
The probes wire by colour - white to W, brown to B, green to G - and the module needs a 12V feed. Nothing else has to come apart.
What else you will need
- A 12V feed to power the module
- A probe for each water tank, sold separately from £44
- A sender in the gas tank, if you want gas levels
Not compatible with SavvyVan Lite v2.1 panels. Worth knowing now rather than after it arrives.
Probes, senders and valves
The module reads probes and senders rather than including them, because which ones you need depends on your tanks. Water probes come in 180, 200, 220 and 240 mm and start at £44. If you want to empty the grey tank from the screen, there is a 12V motorised drain valve for £45. Both are on the shop, and both are worth ordering at the same time so you are not waiting on a part with the panelling already off.
If you have a SavvyVan Lite
SavvyTanks V3 does not work with the SavvyVan Lite v2.1 panel - the previous generation cannot talk to it. It is a panel age thing rather than anything you have done wrong, and the fix is a SavvyVan3.
The instructions, before you buy
Every guide we write is published - read it first and decide whether it looks like your kind of afternoon.
Not sure whether it fits your van? Ask us. There is no such thing as a daft question here - half of ours started the same way.
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ECE R10.9 EMC Tested
Tested for electromagnetic compatibility to the UN vehicle standard - so it plays nicely with everything else in your van.
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Made in Britain
Designed and built in Yorkshire, using UK components wherever we can.
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NCC Approved Supplier
Recognised by the National Caravan Council, the trade body for the UK leisure vehicle industry.
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Motorhome Matt Approved
Independently reviewed and approved by one of the best-known voices in UK van life.
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FSB member
Members of the Federation of Small Businesses - because that is exactly what we are.