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Subject:Re: Westfalia Water Tank Level Indicator Issues
From:Jim. Felder
Date:Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:12:38 -0500

That's a good point. But doesn't really explain the fading-away thing.

Jim

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 7:12 PM pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>
wrote:

> You're not using distilled water are you?
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 15:21 Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
>