Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 16:12:16 -0500
Reply-To: Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 1988 Westy Water tank level,sensor
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David
I suspect that's what happened I probably bent the rod. To fill the water tank I usually unscrew the late plastic cover and pull the sensor unit out all the way just to make sure I don't overfill the tank. You suggested before how to repair the unit. I didn't quite understand the procedure. There was a sleeve suggestion after I cut the sensor. I have a small cooper pipe cutter that might do that. What could I use for a sleeve ? Where could I purchase a switch for it? Living in the northeast kingdom of Vermont it's sometimes difficult to find a lot of parts unless it's for my John Deere tractor.
Maybe the newer sensor is made different. Bus Depot is where I got the last one
Thanks for the help,
Dennis
Forgot to add OHMS Reading for the sensor when float is at
top level full ohms. = 2 ohms
Half full = 500 ohms
Low water =250 ohms
All on the R x 1K scale on my meter.
Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont
> On Dec 4, 2015, at 11:52 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Sounds like it got bent (doesnt' take much) and broke one of the reed switches. You can open it and replace the switch if you're so minded. The original ones were soldered with absolutely straight leads on the switches, so if you bent it even a centimeter against that direction it would break the glass.
>
> The symptom if it gets damp inside is a reading that changes in the first few minutes of operation.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
> At 06:39 AM 12/4/2015, Dennis Jowell wrote:
>> David
>> I think I have isolated the sensor as the problem. I checked the 2 wires coming from the sensor with my ohm meter for resistance, full was low ohms , yellow was high ohms, low was the same as full, not sure what the results should be. I did have the unit out and moved the float up and down watching the 3 lights respond. No red light. I checked the connection behind the stove, cleaned that and added a light coat of dielectric grease. Is their another way to confirm sensor is the problem?
>> Dennis
>>
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>> Newbury, Vermont
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 4, 2015, at 6:29 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> At 03:44 PM 12/2/2015, Dennis Jowell wrote:
>>>> Does anyone know the difference of the water tank level sensor that GOWESTY sells($110) and the one that Bus Depot sells ($70) ?
>>>> Other than price, both have the same part number #255070812.
>>>> I still can't get my sensor to work correctly. The one I have only lasted since 2012 bought new from Bus Depot. Trying to figure out which one to buy.
>>>
>>> Bus Depot is now the manufacturer of them. They are very simple and also mechanically delicate -- and a few drops of water inside will make them stop working until theyr'e dried out completely. Have you definitely isolated the sender as the cause of the problem?
>>>
>>> Yrs,
>>> d
>>>
>>>
>>>> 1988 Westy GL
>>>> Manual transmission
>>>> 208,000 miles
>>>>
>>>> Laters,
>>>> Dennis
>>>> Dennis Jowell
>>>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>>>> Newbury, Vermont
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