[Elecraft] P3 - to be or not to be - that is the question

[Alan Bloom]

The display manufacturer's data sheet specifies a minimum 10,000 hours
for the backlight.  That looks like a suspiciously rounded number, so I
suspect the typical lifetime is much greater than that.  

I generally have mine on all day long while I'm doing firmware
development.  I've been doing that for over two years now so (as a wild
guess) I probably have 6-8k hours on the display so far with no sign of
degradation.

Alan N1AL

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 12:19 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Yes. It works FB to update the K3 through the P3. 
> 
> It uses an LED lit display, so the life ought to be on the same order as the
> LEDs since it's the backlight that usually spells the end to such a display.
> 
> If you do manage to run a hammer or other object through the display ruin
> it, it is easily replaced. It is not soldered onto a pc board; it's a simple
> plug-in affair. Complete instructions to replace it are in the manual (at
> the back since it's not likely something a user will ever need to do).
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ron AC7AC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> .  I think you can update the K3 with the 
> P3 connected.
> 
> 
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