[sdiy] Replacing EL-Foil backling by LED backlight

[Louis van Dompselaar]

Thanks.  The Juno backlight is even smaller than that, so current will
probably be negligible.  And the LED backlight is spec'ed at 80mA,
so I guess I'm about to order new EL-foil...

> Current is a function of el size. For a reference I just pulled the 
> indigo lightlight from my bathroom and it's labeled 0.05W / 120V = 417uA 
> (probably a 2" x 1.5 sheet)) Since the inverter has to take a low 
> voltage and pump it up, you've probably got a few ma to work with once 
> you cut it out, so the question really is, how low can you run the led 
> at and still get a decent light output?