Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 22:36:09 -0500
Reply-To: Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
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From: Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
Subject: Re: camper water level indicator
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You guys put your ear to the vent? You’re going to burn your ear off!!
Jeff
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> On Jun 14, 2019, at 9:39 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
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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.
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> 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.
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> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto
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>> 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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>> Jim
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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.
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>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Yrs,
>>> d
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