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Date:         Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:23:33 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: temp gauge flasing LED goes off instantly on start uip
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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At 11:18 PM 3/13/2011, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans wrote:
>here's what i have now ..
>turn on key and wait, light flashes 10 seconds and goes out.


Ten seconds means the capacitor in the gauge is on the way
out.  Probably on very humid or foggy days it will run much longer
(or if it's that way now, on dry days shorter) until the gauge warms
up internally from the heat of the gauge element.  But it's trying to
tell you that it has died and just hasn't fallen over yet.


Yrs,
d
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