Vintage Synth Repair

Hi Tom,

I'd not risk that backlight. Maybe the current ones weren't bad but they were damaged - e.g. by the high voltage or high frequency. Maybe it is just not lighting due to the frequency...

Have a read here: http://www.ellightmade.com/el-design/electroluminescent-application


--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "Quazimodo" <noddyspuncture@...> wrote:
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> Hi synthjoe,
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> Thanks for the advice.
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> No, not sorted it yet... my next step would have been to rip open my Akai S900 and try my backlights running on that.
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> I actually don't know if my TWO backlights are faulty or not..! But I cannot imagine that I'd be that unlucky - I bought two backlight new and neither of them work!
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> But I will try your suggestion of the resistor too.
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> I shall report back... and thanks again.
> 
> Cheers
> TOM
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