Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:04:59 -0700
Reply-To: Charles McGehee <chasm@ELLTEL.NET>
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From: Charles McGehee <chasm@ELLTEL.NET>
Subject: Re: Fridge flame sensor LED replacement
In-Reply-To: <3BAAF25E.402227B7@mindspring.com>
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Todd,
This is fantastic! What a great webpage. Congratulations and thanks.
Charles
'85 Westy
At 12:55 AM 9/21/01 -0700, Todd Last wrote:
>For those interested,
>I have some photos of how to do this at:
>http://rubatoguy.home.mindspring.com/led.html
>
>Todd
>'88 Westy
>
>
>Tom Moritz wrote:
>
> > Charles,
> >
> > You don't need to remove the fridge to replace the LED. All you need to do
> > is temporarily remove the camper indicator light circuit board. We have a
> > '90 Westy but I don't think it is any different. If you remove the two
> > screws, one on each side of the indicator panel, you should be able to pull
> > the cover plate off, and then pull the circuit board and a black plastic
> > housing forward out of the cabinet unit. Disconnect the multipoint
> > electrical connector so you can take the circuit board to your work bench.
> >
> > To replace the LED, use a soldering iron and some desoldering braid to
> > disconnect the old red LED. Make sure you are removing the correct LED!
> > It's easy to get confused when you flip the board over. Try not to
> > overheat the board because the trace will delaminate. Also note to which
> > side the LED notch should face and don't loose the little white spacer that
> > is between the LED and the board.
> >
> > To install the new LED, slip the spacer over the new LED leads, orient the
> > LED so the notch is correctly oriented and feed the leads through the holes
> > in the circuit board where the old LED was. If the hole is not clear use
> > the soldering iron and desoldering braid to clean them up. Now solder the
> > leads in place and clip the excess lead flush.
> >
> > Reassemble the indicator panel in reverse and test your work by lighting
> > the fridge. If it doesn't work check to make sure you have a good solder
> > joint with good electrical contact and that the polarity on the LED is
> > correct. Less likely problems are a bad LED. LEDs will fail if overheated
> > and blue LEDs will be damaged by static electricity so don't be pettin' the
> > cat when you're doing this work!
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Tom Moritz
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 23:52:03 -0700
> > From: Charles McGehee <chasm@ELLTEL.NET>
> > Subject: Re: info on the fridge
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > *snip*
> >
> > I like the idea of replacing the green light with blue or another color,
> > but I'm not about to pull the fridge out again to do it. Does anyone know
> > if there's a way to get at the circuit board without pulling the whole
> > unit? I haven't been able to get the stove apart.
> >
> > Charles
> > '85 Westy
> >
> > ***********************************
> > * *
> > * From the computer of: *
> > * Tom Moritz *
> > * *
> > ***********************************
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