Date:         Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:53:23 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Temp gauge LED
Comments: To: Leo Lipert <leolipert@HOME.COM>
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At 12:08 AM 2/10/2002, Leo Lipert wrote:
>    Does anybody know why the LED in my temp gauge quit working? It
>flashes at start up OK, but even when I disconnect the plug from the
>level sensor in the expansion tank, it won't come on.

You have a bad level controller or an open from the level controller to the
gauge panel, or a short (could be very high resistance, 100 kOhms might do
it) in the line from the expansion tank to the level controller.  The
controller is a "relay" with 43 stamped on it, on the fuse/relay panel in
new systems and on the wall forward and above the relay panel in old systems.

What year van and what test gear do you have?

david


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