Vintage Synth Repair

I dare not measure it with my meter as I was told it would cause more damamge to do so...!?  I have put one of those neon test screwdrivers on it - and it lights up.

Do you recommend measuring with a meter?

Cheers,
TOM






--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "65 Lotus" <Lotus@...> wrote:
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> What voltage are you reading?
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Quazimodo 
>   To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 8:54 AM
>   Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Backlight Revisited...
> 
> 
>     
>   Hi guys,
> 
>   Only just got around to checking this... when I use the frequency counter on my digital meter it reads: 2.6Khz
> 
>   So I assume that's my problem - the next question would be any ideas what might be causing this?
> 
>   Cheers,
>   TOM
>