Date:         Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:48:27 -0500
Reply-To:     "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westfalia Water Tank Level Indicator Issues
Comments: To: Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com>
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I rans another ground to the chassis way back, like 15 years ago. It's been
fine ever since.

Jim

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:21 PM Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com> wrote:

> This one has been stumping me for a while and can't seem to figure it out.
> Wanted to see what the collective brain trust thinks.
>
> Turn the switch on the kitchen to power the system on.
> 1) No water no lights. Correct.
> 2) As soon as it hits red bolt turns red. Great.
> 3) As soon as it hits yellow bolt turns yellow. Awesome.
> 4) Give it a moment and it fades back to red. Huh?
>
> If I take the wire that goes to the bolt for the yellow indicator and touch
> it to the bottom most bolt the light turns immediate strong yellow. Remove
> it and it goes back to red. OK, that would make sense.
>
> At first I had cleaned all the bolts figuring it was just a corrosion issue
> and it was working well but then after a few minutes it slowly faded back
> to red even though it is above the yellow bolt. Do I have a weak ground
> somewhere that is blocking signal? Clean the bolts inside of the tank more?
> Redo my connectors?
>
> Small potatoes but it just irks me a little since it seems like such a
> simple system.
>
> thanks for any help or advice!
> Ryan in Asheville
>