Date:         Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:34:04 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: RE : sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
Comments: To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
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Yes, you are right about that. Depending on which LED panel you have the
voltage to the pump is automatically disabled whenever the water tank
level sensing system thinks the water tank is empty. Theses LED panels
have a red LED in the very bottom of the left row of four.

Mark

Jay L Snyder wrote:
>
> Read somewhere in the Bentley about the water low level light being tied
> into the pump system to keep it from running when the tank was empty and
> burning up the pump.   Bentley picture of the water level light system
> shows a red light at the bottom where my green fridge pilot light is
> located.  Just thought I would throw that out.  Not familiar with early
> Westy water tanks.
>
>                                                                   Jay
>
> Steve Selin <sjselin@NETZERO.NET>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 06/17/2002 09:16:46
> AM
>
> Please respond to Steve Selin <sjselin@NETZERO.NET>
>
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>
> To:    vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> cc:
> Subject:    RE : sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
>
> Thanks.  That one is fine too.  It is about 3 inches from the pump.
>
> That fuse is not getting any juice.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of mark drillock
> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 10:58 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
>
> Early Westy models had the external pump mounted under the sink. These
> models had a separate inline fuse holder adjacent to the pump. It is a
> black tube with wire coming out of each end.
>
> Mark
>
> Steve Selin wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > My sink pump works and the switch at the faucet works BUT the pump does
> no
> > go on when the switch is activated.
> >
> > All fuses look good.  I checked, and there is no juice getting to the
> pump.
> > Looking at the fuses by the driver door pillar there are 2 that are
> separate
> > from the rest.  All fuses look good.
> >
> > I looked under the driver seat and found a fuse (16) that is good.  There
> is
> > another wire in there that gets 2-3 volts when the key is in the ON
> > position.
> >
> > Any idea where the juice is for my pump?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
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> >
> > Steven Selin      -        s.j.selin@vt.edu