Date:         Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:02:23 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: led light panel at kitchen
Comments: To: "Dominic Provini Jr." <dprovinijr@HA-PA.COM>
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At 02:35 PM 11/11/2010  -0500, Dominic Provini Jr. wrote:
>I have an 85 westy.  My question is :  I have the LED light panel turned
>"on" at the kitchen unit, I have a full tank of water (green light) and
>I have a full battery charge (green light).  When I turn on the faucet,
>the pilot light on panel with turn red and tank level drops to red. They
>may blink I can't remember.... Is this normal ..?   just wondering.

By pilot light do you mean the the battery light(s)?

You're suffering from a) bad supply to the kitchen (in particular
check that the fuse is making good contact); b) bad ground to the
kitchen; or c) bad panel.

A and B are likely; C is not -- except that if the solder has failed
on the little switch it may be causing the problem.

With water pump on, measure voltage at both terminals of fuse.  If
both low, the problem is between there and the fridge relay under the
seat and the battery. (Bentley 97.32b, tracks 23-24.

With water pump on, measure voltage *on terminal* at each side of
fuse, should be very small -- a few tenths of a volt maybe at
most.  If large, there's your problem.

With water pump on, measure voltage at panel supply (double red wire
plugged into orange).  If it isn't good you've got trouble between
there and the fuse.  If it's bad at the terminal, see what is is in
the wire an inch away from the terminal (use a sewing needle).  If
that's good then the trouble is the actual terminal on the double-red.

Let us know the results.

Yours,
David