[sdiy] EL Film from guy on Ebay ( Success! )

[Thomas Hudson]

I'm curious as to the specs on the inverters they use. Have you  
measured the output of the inverter? I think I saw somewhere that the  
EL needs 70VAC,

Thomas

On Oct 7, 2005, at 1:41 AM, Tom Arnold wrote:

> Remmeber that EL Film someone reported a week or so back?  Well, I  
> got the
> two sheets I ordered.  Sofar as my guineapig I took apart my DSS1.   
> The old
> EL sheet slid out from under the LCD with little trouble, I cut off  
> a chunk
> of the new and followed the instructions to install the pins.
>
> To make a long story short, for the first time in many years my  
> DSS1 has a
> backlight!!  Worked perfectly.  I have enough left from this first  
> sheet to
> repair my TG77 and probably a couple more machines, still leaving  
> me with a
> full sheet.
>
> I'm very pleased.
>
> Next up is to do my TG77.
>
> These sheets also came with a little potted 12volt power supply and  
> you can
> usually find 12volts in most devices so this would also be an  
> option for a
> unit where the supply had zorched too.
>
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