[R-390] Panel meters

[Dennis Wade]

I'd like to hear more about how one would add back lighting to a
meter; not just the '390A meters (hazardous material issues), but
backlighting meters in general.

            Dennis

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Tisha Hayes <tisha.hayes at gmail.com> wrote:
> This may be blasphemous but I always wanted to change the panel meters from
> white on black to black on white with some additional scaling.
>
> We have the JPEG and TIFF renderings of the panel meter faceplates but they
> are very grainy looking
>
> I figured it I went with black on white I could laser print it in vellum
> paper and glue it to a translucent bezel. Remove the old, radioactive bezels
> and add backlighting to the meters.
>
> Before someone gets all excited about me handling radioactive materials I
> used to be licensed to handle radioactive sources (Cobalt 60, Radium 226,
> Cesium 137, Americium 241, Polonium 210), including those that posed a
> threat of airborne contamination so I know the right steps, have the proper
> clothing and respiratory protection and have the equipment to monitor for
> external contamination (alpha, beta,gamma).
>
> Definitely not something I would want to (or legally could) do for someone
> else. The freaking NRC would be all over me if I went into the home business
> of retrofitting radioactive panel meters or dial knobs.
>
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Dennis L. Wade
KG6ZI
Carmichael, CA