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Subject:Westfalia Water Tank Level Indicator Issues
From:Ryan Perry
Date:Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:21:17 -0400

This one has been stumping me for a while and can't seem to figure it out.
Wanted to see what the collective brain trust thinks.

Turn the switch on the kitchen to power the system on.
1) No water no lights. Correct.
2) As soon as it hits red bolt turns red. Great.
3) As soon as it hits yellow bolt turns yellow. Awesome.
4) Give it a moment and it fades back to red. Huh?

If I take the wire that goes to the bolt for the yellow indicator and touch
it to the bottom most bolt the light turns immediate strong yellow. Remove
it and it goes back to red. OK, that would make sense.

At first I had cleaned all the bolts figuring it was just a corrosion issue
and it was working well but then after a few minutes it slowly faded back
to red even though it is above the yellow bolt. Do I have a weak ground
somewhere that is blocking signal? Clean the bolts inside of the tank more?
Redo my connectors?

Small potatoes but it just irks me a little since it seems like such a
simple system.

thanks for any help or advice!
Ryan in Asheville

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