I for one have not hooked up the float switch. I know disabling features is no solution, but I would have gone crazy(er) a while ago if my oil light flickered all the time. 

David's suggested circuit I've heard of and should work. 

-craig 

On Dec 20, 2013, at 11:19 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

> 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