Date:         Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:28:45 -0400
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westfalia Water Tank Level Indicator Issues
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The Asheville area is known for "aggressive water." It wants to leach
elements out of what it touches.  If you are using Asheville city water,
they add some substances to reduce that characteristic so that it doesn't
pull lead and copper out of pipes and into the water.  My water level thing
has never worked very well either and now I wonder if that is part of the
issue.  Trying the salt addition is a good idea!

I've been playing with arduino off and on for a while and this seems like
an application for that.  it could probably be configured to read the water
contacts such that there would be more leeway as far as all the connections
being perfect and variations in water source.  And then you could also set
the voltage level lights to switch at specific voltages.  And then you
could set the fridge flame light to do special things like flash if it
senses no flame after having sensed flame since last power cycle.  I would
want to keep the stock panel with the lights but more functionality would
be nice.  Something like this:
https://www.banggood.com/NANO-IO-Shield-Expansion-Board-ATmega328P-Nano-V3-Controller-For-Arduino-p-1010995.html
Even cheaper if you buy in quantity.

Edward
25 years in AVL, now Brevard


On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 7:18 AM Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well made it through the weekend camping and am back at it. Thanks everyone
> for your input. Going to try scrub and double check connections and see how
> it goes. At the worst I just need to read it when I turn it on and forget
> about anything after that. :) Or just drink beer. Yeah, that's the ticket.
> I'll let ya'll know how it goes!
> Ryan in AVL
>