

| Subject: | Re: camper water level indicator |
| From: | Eric Caron |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Jun 2019 22:39:45 -0400 |
Darn, Jim beat me to it! This is how a blind Westy owner does it! I go around the van and put my ear to the vent. If you hear the sound of the ocean in a sea shell go try again. If you hear a intermittent rumble you ar all set. I know of people that have changed the LED and now it is very bright ,so fixing it for sighted folks is the way to go but my method work, and I get a little more exercise going around the van until lit. Eric Caron 85 GL Auto > On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:24 PM, Jim. Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > As a backup means of determining if the fridge is operating (on flame, which is what the LED will tell you) you can always lay a hand on the outside flue vent. If you listen closely you can tell what cycle the fridge by the sound coming from the flue. > > > > Jim > > > > > > > >> >> On Jun 14, 2019 at 4:26 PM, <David Beierl (mailto:dbeierl@gmail.com)> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >>> Can I jump on this thread to ask about the LED light near the bottom of >>> that same panel (on my 87 Westy). I think the light is to indicate that >>> the fridge is working on gas. >>> >>> Mine has never worked and it would be nice to have. It's hard on the neck >>> trying to see the flame through the tiny window at the bottom of the >>> fridge. Does anyone have any thoughts on what the cause and cure might be? >>> >> >> Likeliest is black wire in LED panel harness unplugged from single >> connector in fridge harness. Or wire unplugged from the terminal where the >> thermocouple screws into the gas valve. >> >> After that likeliest is right-hand chip is bad. >> >> You *cannot* test this with a 1.5V battery. The signal goes negative to >> chassis ground, and the absolute maximum voltage for the chip negative to >> the negative supply pin is 350 mV. If you can make a voltage divider >> limited to say -250 mV max you could use that. >> >> But when in doubt, replace the chip. Chips failing and the power switch >> coming unsoldered are about all that goes wrong with the board. >> >> Yrs, >> d >>
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