[Premium-Rx] 2050 Backplane Lighting

[James C. Garland]

I beliieve All Electronics (www.allelectronics.com) has small fluorescent 
tubes and matching inverters (needed to power them).
Regards,

Jim Garland W8ZR


At 12:13 PM 2/22/2003, you wrote:
>Hello Baruch:
>
>When HF-2050 owners first started showing up on the List there was some
>activity in the area of back lighting the display.  One of the 'fixes' was
>to use two very small fluorescent tubes about 10 cm long and the diameter of
>a 1/2 watt resistor.  The tubes were energized by a small power supply that
>operated on 12 VDC if I remember correctly.  The bulbs were placed on the
>top and bottom edge of the display's glass and operated with some limited
>success. The operation of the tubes didn't seem to generate any noticeable
>EMI.
>
>The archives of the List may have additional information.  I would look in
>the first six months of posts.  I have forgotten the name of the surplus
>store in Los Angeles where I purchased mine, but I am sure after 4 years,
>they are probably out of stock.
>
>Best wishes
>
>Greg
>
>
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