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Date:         Wed, 4 May 2005 08:38:16 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: I got my frig to light -- LED change procedure:
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Good info. Keep in mind that there are a bunch of different layouts of the Westy LED panel. Some have the flame LED off by itself in the middle and some have no flame indicator at all. Early fridges (80/81~) used a panel meter to indicate flame status. These used the bottom led of the 4 led row to indicate water pump disabled due to extremely low tank level.

The Bentley wrongly describes the LED panel functions in several of the Vanagon editions.

Mark

Paul Guzyk wrote:

> Here's a few notes if you are new to changing LED's. You need a > little experience with soldering but that's about it: > > 1) Remove the LED panel with the two small phillips screws. > 2) Pull out the entire panel about 12" then disconnect the large > white electrical connecter. Do the rest of the work on a comfortable > table. > 3) Carefully pull out the grommet that holds the wire bundle so you > can pull the circuit board away from the enclosure. > 4) Mark the Propane LED area of the circuit board (front and back) > with a Sharpie. The propane LED is in the row of 4, farthest away > from the toggle switch. By marking the circuit board, you won't make > the mistake of changing out the water level LED. > 5) Remove the old LED by heating both solder pads simultaneously and > pulling it out with small pliers. Or use de-soldering braid (Radio > Shack 64-2090) or other "solder sucker" to remove the solder first. > 6) Keep the white spacer ring under the LED, you'll need it with the > new one. > 7) Make sure the holes are clear so you can insert the new LED. You > can heat up both pads with the soldering iron and insert the new LED > that way, but it's easier if the holes are already clear. > 8) When inserting the new LED, don't forget the White spacer and > don't forget to insert it with correct polarity. If you look > carefully at the bottom of the LED, it looks like a "D", one part of > the circle is flat. Just match that to the others when you insert > it. You can also see the anode and cathode posts through the > plastic. They will have similar orientation to the other LEDs in the > board. Background of LEDs is here: http://www.merg.org.uk/led/ > 9) Make sure the LED is centered compared to the others and close to > the board with the spacer. Solder it in. > 10) Cut the excess LED wires. > 11) Hook up the panel to the electrical connector. Let it dangle for > now. > 12) Test the fridge LED. > 13) Once you confirm it works, install the grommet and screw > everything back into place. >


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