

| Subject: | Re: camper water level indicator |
| From: | David McNeely |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Jun 2019 20:39:23 -0700 |
Thanks to all who helped with the water level indicator. It is the sender on mine that is bad, but for $100 for the wand and float, I'll forgo the luxury of having it work properly for now, since there are other things I have to spend money on for a bit. mcneely On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 2:27 PM David Beierl <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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