Date:         Fri, 14 Jun 2019 22:39:45 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: camper water level indicator
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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Darn, Jim beat me to it!  This is how a blind  Westy owner does it!  I go around the van and put my ear to the vent.  If you hear the sound of the ocean in a sea shell go try again. If you hear a intermittent rumble you ar all set.

I know of people that have changed the LED and now it is very bright ,so fixing it for sighted folks is the way to go but my method work, and I get a little more exercise going around the van until lit.


Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto 



> On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:24 PM, Jim. Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> As a backup means of determining if the fridge is operating (on flame, which is what the LED will tell you) you can always lay a hand on the outside flue vent. If you listen closely you can tell what cycle the fridge by the sound coming from the flue.
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>> On Jun 14, 2019 at 4:26 PM,  <David Beierl (mailto:dbeierl@gmail.com)>  wrote:
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>>> 
>>> Can I jump on this thread to ask about the LED light near the bottom of
>>> that same panel (on my 87 Westy). I think the light is to indicate that
>>> the fridge is working on gas.
>>> 
>>> Mine has never worked and it would be nice to have. It's hard on the neck
>>> trying to see the flame through the tiny window at the bottom of the
>>> fridge. Does anyone have any thoughts on what the cause and cure might be?
>>> 
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>> Likeliest is black wire in LED panel harness unplugged from single
>> connector in fridge harness. Or wire unplugged from the terminal where the
>> thermocouple screws into the gas valve.
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>> After that likeliest is right-hand chip is bad.
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>> You *cannot* test this with a 1.5V battery. The signal goes negative to
>> chassis ground, and the absolute maximum voltage for the chip negative to
>> the negative supply pin is 350 mV. If you can make a voltage divider
>> limited to say -250 mV max you could use that.
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>> But when in doubt, replace the chip. Chips failing and the power switch
>> coming unsoldered are about all that goes wrong with the board.
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>> Yrs,
>> d
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