Thanks David. I can't read the cap's value very well. Does 2 uF 63 volt sound right? Tom
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of David Beierl > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 1:51 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Troubleshooting Blinking LED > > At 10:11 PM 4/30/2014, Mister Tom wrote: > >Is that the "big" electrolytic capacitor? Does it charge up to say the > >test time period is done, to stop the test flashing? > > Exactly. The actual blinking is accomplished by the LED itself; but the driver > circuit inside the gauge times out when that cap reaches a certain percentage > of full charge. When the cap gets leaky it takes longer and longer to time out, > and leakage across the circuit board becomes a factor. > > See > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=353678&postdays= > 0&postorder=asc&start=0 > > Yrs, > d |
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