EL foil for K1 backlighting

[Jason Artz]

Hello,

Has anyone tried EL foil behind the LCD display on the
K1?  The display I have does allow some light through,
so perhaps using a piece of this foil will work.

Could the power inverter generate RF interference?

If you've tried it, let me know how it went.  

Here's a source for the foil and driver:

http://www.cooltronix.com/shop/

Thanks,
Jason
AC6XA

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[Don Brown-4]

Hi

I have not tried it but there are some glow in the dark plastic sheets that
once charged up with a flashlight will glow brightly for several hours. This
is not the stuff you played with as a kid. This sheeting will put out some
serious light for quite a while with only a few seconds charge time. A 3x5
card of this stuff will light up a room in complete darkness enough to read
by. My thought would be to replace the K1 display with the one with the
clear back and place a piece of this glow sheet behind the display. Here is
a source for the sheeting

http://extremeglow.com/Merchant4/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=GP

Don Brown

KD5NDB


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Artz" <[hidden email]>
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Subject: [Elecraft] EL foil for K1 backlighting

> Hello,
>
> Has anyone tried EL foil behind the LCD display on the
> K1?  The display I have does allow some light through,
> so perhaps using a piece of this foil will work.
>
> Could the power inverter generate RF interference?
>
> If you've tried it, let me know how it went.
>
> Here's a source for the foil and driver:
>
> http://www.cooltronix.com/shop/
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
> AC6XA
>
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[EricJ-2]

You probably recall mounting a big black neoprene spacer between the display
and the board (pg 21, Figure 5-7). That's got to come out first so that
means removing the LCD. Hint: this is a project I'd put off for a little
while.

Eric
KE6US

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Subject: [Elecraft] EL foil for K1 backlighting

Hello,

Has anyone tried EL foil behind the LCD display on the K1?  The display I
have does allow some light through, so perhaps using a piece of this foil
will work.

Could the power inverter generate RF interference?

If you've tried it, let me know how it went.  

Here's a source for the foil and driver:

http://www.cooltronix.com/shop/

Thanks,
Jason
AC6XA

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