Date:         Fri, 7 Aug 1998 16:56:20 -0400
Reply-To:     Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
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From:         Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
Subject:      Which Westfalia LED To Get At Radio Shack?
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Numerous people have said to get my RED Westfalia water level LEDs at radio
shack.

I have been to radio shack and found they have LEDs of many different
values and voltages. I was overwhelmed by the number of choices they had
and left the store feeling that I needed additional research. I was worried
that if I got the wrong value, I could put excessive strain on the
Westfalia chip in there and burn it out or that I would have to go by
experimentation, putting in many different types until one seemed to work,
and wreck my circuit board through sloppy soldering.

Can anyone advise me of the proper voltage and value for the LED I want?
(low water level red LED)?

At 04:37 PM 8/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Derek,
>
>Radio Shack. Should be 99 cents. Easy fix!
>
>Good luck,
>
>Scott
>
>Derek Drew wrote:
>
>> My lower (red) water level LED is burnt out. I want to solder a new one in
>> there, but don't know where to get one.
>>
>> Any help anyone?
>>
>> At 09:03 AM 8/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> >Well,
>> >
>> >Part of my recent reefer lighting problem is the fact that the "*" led
>> >wasn't working . . . the reefer was lit but the led wasn't working until I
>> >started tapping on the panel.   I haven't had a chance to take the led
>> >display out of the kitchen.   Do the leds plug in or are they soldered
to a
>> >circuit board?
>> >
>> >Any tips or tricks to making the led display more reliable?
>> >
>> >Thanks -- Rich Durant
>> >86 Westfalia
>> >Rich Durant
>> >Licensing & Installation Products
>> >Mentor Graphics Corporation
>> >
>>
>> ________________________________________________________
>> Derek Drew                              New York, NY & Washington, DC
>> drew@interport.net
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