Originally Posted by
haknslash
Matt Brown posted some good info on the FB group and he plans to discuss more on the forum. I always appreciate his insight and learned more about the ballast system.
Here is his post:
Sounds like we need to do another "tips of the day" series. There are 2 different ballast sensors. Both are looking for actual water. The front uses a "flow" sensor that is toward the end of the vent line. By the time water reaches that sensor, the water in the bag is full and that is why you see water flowing out. The rear sensor is on a tube. Because the tube is closer to bag, the system shuts off when the bag is full and you don't see water come out. But on the screen you will see a red dot indicating the sensor is actually full. If you are overfilling then you are really only putting more pressure on the bags and especially the bag fittings. If you keep doing that you will likely have problems with your bag fittings as they will become the weak link if you over pressurize the bags. The system actually measures the time and will learn and increase or decrease your timers automatically after 5 fill cycles. You can go to vessel settings and you can see the change in timers. As to venting, there are vent fittings built in that will slowly vent air. There is also an auto fill in smart tech that will go back and fill as air vents out.
Bottom line is there is a lot going on in the system. Use it however you like but just be warned that if you are always overfilling your rear bags you might eventually pop a fitting.
I will try to explain more later on the Moomba forum.