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Subject:Re: Bostig Oil Level Warning Light Circuit
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 20 Dec 2013 23:19:01 -0500

At 10:12 PM 12/20/2013, Jarrett Kupcinski wrote:
>And that's fine and dandy, but I was thinking about adding a bit o'
>logic to the circuit to eliminate the flicker "noise."  Just seeing
>if others with more electrical engineering experience could help me
>stumble in the right direction.

An easy way would be with a 555 timer (pretty sure RS still sells
them) set up as a monostable.

With this circuit
http://clarkson-uk.com/555-timer/operation/frames3.html  you'd let
the float switch supply ground to the 555, and have pin 3 drive the
LED through a resistor.

There are lots of ways to skin this cat, but that's a pretty simple one.

Yrs,
d