Charlie:
>Anyone have suggestions on the replacement of the backlight for my Yaesu
>G-1000DXA rotor box? Mine went out. Dealers? LED?
I have a G-800DX (or something like that). I replaced the burned out
bulbs with BRIGHT-BLUE LEDs...
They have a bit more of a 'bright spot', then do the incandescents,
but they work nicely anyway. Were I to do it again, I'd use BRIGHT
WHITE instead of blue though. The blue LEDs look 'kewl' but a bit
more light would be better than the cool blue.
With a bit of effort, I think one could probably fit two LEDs into
each existing incandescent spot, and turn them a bit, for better coverage.
Of course, an appropriate current limiting resistor is required...
and you don't need to nearly run them a full brilliance... 5-10mA
seems to be more than adequate.
73,
Tom N0SS
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