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At 03:00 AM 1/6/2003, Westyman wrote: >I just installed one of the new blue LEDs in my kitchen display and notice >now, more so that before, that the light is like three times as bright when >the fridge is on 12V or when the cooling fan is operating, as when it is on >propane function. Has anyone else noticed this correlation, or do I have a >hidden wiring issue? It has never been bright when on propane with the old >green LED, but it was brighter under the same settings also. Has anyone seen >this, or is it normal? Normal -- probably not intended, but that's how it works. The current draw shifts the ground reference a few millivolts more positive than before, which makes the flame detector light up (the thermocouple actually goes negative to system ground, so anything that makes the ground more positive will tend to light the LED). If that doesn't make sense, I'll try to explain better when I'm awake. david
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