No distilled water,  just regular old tap water.

I went and checked it again and sure enough when I flip the switch starts
off with the correct indicator then fades to red. Flip it off again and
wait a few seconds and the same.

Weird right?

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 9:13 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> > >
> >
>