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Subject:Re: Source for water tank level sensor
From:Malcolm Stebbins
Date:Fri, 14 May 1999 13:11:53 -0300

OK I just took the Ohm meter to my water level stick and when the
float is at the top, I get no resistance (closed circuit), about 1 inch
down I hear the click and the ohm meter reads about 250K as I
move the float all the way down to within one inch of the bottom,
then I get another click and the Ohm meter goes to 350K (nearly
infinity - open circuit).  If that is of any help to anybody.

I should add that my LEDs also do not read properly and I have
taken the wand out of the van, I do not know if the wand or the
LEDs are bad.   I'll try the Bentley 97.30 analysis.  Malcolm

Kelly wrote:

> At 10:15 5/13/99 -0400, David Beierl wrote:
> >
> >Hmmm...are you sure it's busted?  I have an '84 with electrodes in the
> >side of the tank, so I haven't seen your setup -- but on mine the yellow
> >light means everything except "almost full" and "almost empty."
>
> Brent's description of how his water tank float and the LED indicators are
> malfuntioning sounds just like mine.  Mine did work properly until I did a
> thorough cleaning of my tank.  All the knocking around of the float rod
> and it has never worked properly since. Gives me yellow virtually all of
> the time.