Date:         Thu, 30 May 2002 17:11:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Eric Spletzer <eric@SENIORNET.ORG>
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From:         Eric Spletzer <eric@SENIORNET.ORG>
Subject:      Re: water level indicator light
Comments: To: jegrenon@MTQ.GOUV.QC.CA
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Dje - 

I just had some similar issues and it sounds like you have the same water
tank as I do.

Have you been able to make the middle sensor activate a light, e.g. when you
attach the green wire to the middle sensor, does the green light come on?
If that doesn't work, then you probably have a bad contact at the sensor.

If you can make the yellow light light up by connecting to one of the
others, then it's not the wire.  If you can't, it is the wire.

It doesn't sound like you have a problem at the LED since the yellow light
will light up.  Since that's the case, it probably is either the wire or the
sensor (which, from what I understand, basically amounts to a bolt in the
side of the tank).  The wire runs from the side of the tank to a connector
behind the LED panel.  You can also access the connector from the cabinet to
the right of the fridge too, if you take the drawer out.

I think the water tank wiring diagrams are in chapter 97 of the Bentley.  I
don't have mine handy so I don't know the exact chart.

-eric




On 5/30/02 6:20 AM, "Dje Mobile" <jegrenon@MTQ.GOUV.QC.CA> wrote:

> hi everybody,
> 
> i have a problem with the water level indicator light (green, yellow and
> red). When the tank is full, it's green, (no problem)
> when the tank is between the upper sensor and the one below, the yellow
> light don't work and the red light is on instead of the yellow one
> (problem!). when the tank is empty, the red light is on.(no problem)
> 
> So the problem is the yellow light don't stay lit and go to the red. Another
> symptom is when i put "on" the panel switch, the yellow light is on for
> 10-20 seconds and go red after this. I have tried different combinaison with
> wires and sensors by interchanging them and i have concluded that the
> sensors in the tank are ok.
> 
> somebody can help me?
> 
> p.s. the sensor are not on the top cover of the tank but in the side of it
> and my west is a 1982.
> 
> thanks a lot
> JEROME GRENON 
> djémobile, Westfalia 82 Diesel
> McMasterville, QC, Canada
> dje1er@icqmail.com