Comment by amluto
2 years ago
> Long slow bend
That’s probably it.
If I were designing a wiper fluid warning, I would use some sort of fluid level sensor and I would denounce it aggressively: the indicator would only light up if the sensor detected a low level for more than a couple seconds. That way traffic circles, bumps, etc would not cause many false positives. I might even couple it to some kind of acceleration sensor so a warning would not turn on during or shortly after any heavy vibration or acceleration.
A long slow bend would cause a prolonged, steady centrifugal force and/or sideways acceleration due to a banked road, which would defeat these mechanisms.
The question then is does it only happen in one direction? If the answer is yes, than I think you've solved it. If the answer is no, it might still be the problem but the sensor might be top or bottom mounted and not side mounted from the center I suppose.
edit that’s too late to edit: debounced, not denounced.