Hi, I can't read the front panel of my radio. According to the schematic, the display is lit with 3x 8V bulbs. I've measured 8.3vAC across the tracks. The soldering doesn't look great and it looks like maybe one of the bulbs has been replaced with a green LED. Supposedly this was new when I bought it's albeit 20 years ago!
I thought a green LED was about 2v, how can it survive 8V AC? How would you fix?
I've found these online in USA, can't find anything similar in UK. Do you think they are basically an LED soldered in line with a resistor and covered in heat shrink?
https://lighthouseleds.com/pre-wire...-wired-led-white-ultra-bright-15-000-mcd.html
The display is currently green on black, there is a green filter between the backlights and the LCD. I'm happy to change the colour to whatever.
Thanks in advance.
Bsr
I thought a green LED was about 2v, how can it survive 8V AC? How would you fix?
I've found these online in USA, can't find anything similar in UK. Do you think they are basically an LED soldered in line with a resistor and covered in heat shrink?
https://lighthouseleds.com/pre-wire...-wired-led-white-ultra-bright-15-000-mcd.html
The display is currently green on black, there is a green filter between the backlights and the LCD. I'm happy to change the colour to whatever.
Thanks in advance.
Bsr
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