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

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Friday 07 October 2005 02:32 pm, Tom Arnold wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 07:37:22AM -0700, Thomas Hudson wrote:
> > 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,
>
> Specs are very light on this stuff.  I havent yet measured one of the
> supplied inverters but I've seen mention of 90vac.
>
> Seems the inverter in my TG77 is toast.  I also tested the old EL sheet
> from the 77 and yeah, its way way dim but I get no high pitch whine from
> the TG77 inverter and of course no light.  I play some more tonight and
> I'll post results.

Of the few LCDs I have around here,  only one appears to have a backlight -- 
it was salvaged out of an XT-class computer that bore the name Western 
Digital on the front.  Regular LCD-type connectors except for one,  that has 
two pins,  both wires colored the same,  and I'm wondering if that's an EL 
device or something else.  Suggestions as to how to tell are welcomed,  as 
are pointers to more info on this stuff.

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