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Subject:Re: Indicator light (fridge propane)
From:Todd Last
Date:Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:58:47 -0700

I did the change and have that documented on my web page. Here is the
odd thing that I have noticed.
When the water tank is empty - Red LED lit - the propane LED will also
light.

I'm not sure if this is a failure of the  water  tank sender unit, or if
the Blue LED has a much lower forward voltage requirement from the ones
fro mthe factory,.

regards,
Todd

Kim Brennan wrote:

>I liked the idea of changing the indicator LED on my Westy from the anemic
>green to a bright blue as one of the other folks had done (I bookmarked that
>page for later reference). Did it this last weekend. It was much easier a
>task than I expected (I should have believed the 30 minute estimate noted on
>the web page.)
>
>So I was excited to see it in action and wouldn't you know, couldn't get the
>fridge lit (I'll have to follow up on that, as it was working last month.)
>Not   a big deal as I was going to pull the fridge anyway to do the change
>over on the coil fan.
>
>Anyway, I was experimenting with a few things and threw the fridge over to
>battery mode (engine running)...and the indicator light turned on. Couldn't
>miss it. However, I didn't expect it to be on when in battery mode (and the
>circuit diagram doesn't indicate that it should be on either.) Interesting.
>Have to investigate this more fully.
>
>Curious thing is, the Bentley manual mentions specific colors for the water
>level and battery LEDs, but on the propane indicator the text does not talk
>about its color. The diagram refers to it as a "red" indicator (and all the
>manuals refer to it as "green".) Blue does seem a much better mnemonic though
>(however, it should be noted that blue LEDs did not exist up until a few
>years ago, so it wasn't even an option when our Westy's were made. )
>
>The hardest thing about switching to the blue LED was finding the stupid LED.
>I went to 10 different Radio Shacks before one had them in stock (how all the
>Radio Shacks ran out of stock at the same time is beyond me.)
>
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