Date:         Thu, 24 May 2007 06:48:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM>
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From:         Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM>
Subject:      Re: Water and Battery LEDs dead - fix
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I concur with Frank C.  If none of the LED's work, it is usually the
small toggle switch gone bad.  (but first check the fuses behind the
drivers seat)

Pull out the LED panel (remove 2 screws then wire grommet and pull
away from the back case)  leave it all connected and jiggle the
switch and/or use a wire to jumper the switch contacts on back of the
PC board....and check the LED solder connections too.

While you are in there, I suggest you replace the Fridge "propane
burning" LED with a bright blue LED from Radio Shack, part number
276-316.   Much easier to see the bright blue LED when lighting the
fridge than the factory LED or the flame through the fridge's sight
glass.  Make sure you install the new LED with correct polarity.




>I have seen the connection of the led bulbs to the circuit board go bad.  To
>determine if this is the problem you should only need to gently wiggle the
>bulbs and they should light up intermittently.  It could be that the bulb or
>bulbs that indicate your current water and battery levels are out though it
>is unlikely that they will all be out.  This is easy to fix if you know how
>to use a soldering iron (don't overheat the board).
>
>Jonathan Poole
>'82 ac westy