Nuevo Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 We have a 2008 Nuevo. The water level indicator is showing Fresh water level low. We know that it is full of water. The rest of the control panel is working. Any ideas please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickt Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Never known a gauge for water tank to ever work properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyg3nwl Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Hi, if the water tank is similar to ours, there are 4 sensor points in the side of the tank at different levels. you should see if you can access these through the top of the tank, and with a clean scouring pad, try cleaning each of the points inside the tank. It might not be possible to get access , so an alternative tip could be to add a cupful of pure lemon juice into a full tank of water, to increase the acidity slightly, to improve the water conductivity.. it just might help.. but too much makes the tea taste horrible ! Tonyg3nwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldi Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Evening all, Mine is pretty useless too, reads much lower than actual. It was more accurate on the previous campervan (adria) than it is on the globecar which I have now but I suppose that's German engineering for you.. norm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Welcome to the Out&AboutLive forims, Nuevo. These are some earlier discussions about fresh-water gauge inaccuracy. (It’s a common complaint...) http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/freshwater-tank-sensors/40293/ http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/fresh-water-gauge/35512/ http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Fresh-Water/32590/ http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Fresh-water-tank-low-water-alarm-problem/31707/ As Tony has advised, the contents-level sensors in the fresh-water tank may be contaminated or ‘scaled’ by hard-water deposits (as happens with electric kettles) and cleaning the sensors should be the first step. As Tony has also said, how easy this would be will depend on the accessibility of the sensors (I think a 2008 Nuevo’s fresh-water tank is external) and the type of sensors used. If the water-level indicator was working OK in the past (ie. it was providing graduated readings even if these were not 100% accurate) but has suddenly begun to show only ‘empty’, then the problem may be electrical like a broken wire or poor connection. (I’ve owned 3 motorhomes (one UK-built, one German-built, one French-built) all with probe-type sensors in the fresh-water tank. The probes have needed occasional cleaning to remove ‘scale’ when it became obvious that the readouts were wrong, but otherwise all the fresh-water contents-level gauges have provided adequate information.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith T Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I have always found them relatively inaccurate, and only use as a general guide. The real test is when you are filling from a tap via a hose, mine overflows back via the inlet. The other way to check if you are that concerned is through the filler cap on top of the tank itself, which in our case is easily accessible under one of the seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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