---------- Forwarded message --------- From: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> Date: Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 11:00 PM Subject: Re: camper water level indicator To: KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Actually, the light doesn't show it working on Gas, though it does light up > when the gas burner is on. Rather it lights up if there is sufficient heat. > I've actually had mine on when using DC to "power" the fridge.
Sorry, it really is a flame detector that lights up when the thermocouple is hot enough (more or less) to keep the gas valve open. Having it light up when on DC is an artifact that many of them are subject to. It shouldn't do it, but it does no harm to speak of. I'm sure it's a grounding issue that comes to light when you stick seven amps into the fridge -- the flame LED has a programmed gain of IIRC 330, so a ground shift of 20 millivolts is more than enough to begin to light up the LED.
> Of course I replaced my green LED with a blue one years ago, so it is much > easier to see. > Any modern high-brightness LED should be able to be substituted in without having to change the current-limiting resistor. Yrs, d |
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