multigrade
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Well I never!
Today I detached the external air temperature sensor, cleaned up the earth tab, reconnected it and found it was still showing me -38 degrees C for about five seconds, then blank, just like before. On the grounds that small triumphs are worth having, especially since I need to replace the leaking a/c condenser (a job I'm procrastinating over) , I had a poke about under the front valance. Following the cable from the sensor, I found that someone had cut the twin-core. I reconnected it - solder and heatshrink - and lo and behold, the LED temperature display now works.
But why on earth (!) would someone cut that cable? Makes no sense to me... On the other hand, getting it working was a darn sight easier than I'd expected.
Today I detached the external air temperature sensor, cleaned up the earth tab, reconnected it and found it was still showing me -38 degrees C for about five seconds, then blank, just like before. On the grounds that small triumphs are worth having, especially since I need to replace the leaking a/c condenser (a job I'm procrastinating over) , I had a poke about under the front valance. Following the cable from the sensor, I found that someone had cut the twin-core. I reconnected it - solder and heatshrink - and lo and behold, the LED temperature display now works.
But why on earth (!) would someone cut that cable? Makes no sense to me... On the other hand, getting it working was a darn sight easier than I'd expected.
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