Yeap, I cut em some slack. They are happy, I'm happy. I also put longer
leads on the power and ground connection wires so that I can lift it
straight up if I ever need to remove it.  I think that's what gets people in
trouble to begin with.  One has to bend the tube to get it out of the tank,
and then the glass breaks on the reed switch and it's all over.  It's not a
bad design, just poorly executed and think we are all in agreement on that;)

Troy

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
To: "Troy" <colorworks@gci.net>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: fresh water level sensor

> At 03:08 PM 3/24/2011, Troy wrote:
>>Just wanted to thank David Beierl, and others who pointed me  to a source
>>for replacement reed switches for the fresh water level sensor. What a
>>really simple job!  Soldering
>
> Just tell me that you fixed all those tight leads and put some slack in
> them.  That thing totally offends me - it was never wonderful, and it
> needs better sealing on top; but it's the idiotic string-taut assembly
> that makes it break if you breathe on it.
>
> Yours,
> David