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Subject:Re: 12V Power to Water Pump
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:23:25 -0500

I got around that accidental run thing right away, I installed a little
neon light that tells me when the pump is running.
Mine is an 83 so mine has just had that lousy $48.00 sink faucet that
seldom works.
I got around that too by installing a toggle switch.

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:05:30 -0700 mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
writes:
> Yes, there is a electronic cutoff that keeps the pump from running
> if
> the tank is too low. It was only used on 80/81 models AFAIK. Panels
> that
> have it have 2 red leds for the bottom 2 on the left.
>
> The best bet is to bypass the cutoff as it is not really needed and
> it
> causes confusion to say the least. Pmail me if you want an easy way
> to
> bypass it.
>
> Mark
>
> Ed McLaughlin wrote:
> >
> > Hey y'all
> > I'm still trying to get the water pump in my '80 Westy to run.
> I've had the pump bench tested and it works. I've reconnected the
> line in from the battery and the LED's light up, and I've checked
> the continuity of the water tap switch, but still nothing. Is there
> a cut-off circuit which will prevent the pump form running in the
> event the water tank is empty? Or is there something else in the
> wiring, hidden in there behind the refrigerator? It seems like there
> is no power going to the pump, but why not?
> >
> > Stumped
> >
> > Ed
>

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