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Rob5mike
Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 12:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My Delta is one of the first ones not the 2002 model and the display lights are not working right,they still come on but not bright enough to see at night.

Mike
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Barefoot
Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 5:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Have you tried the dim button?
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Rob5mike
Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 10:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How many volts should I see from the dimmer button?
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Tech671
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 7:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I don't remember exactly but as I recall it's about 8v on hi and 5v on low
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Kc0gxz
Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 4:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Rob5mike

Personally, I have a great dislike for those cheap little 6 volt bulbs. They don't seem to have a very long life span.

Try this: Remove the bulbs from each end of the display. Replace them with standard "long lead" 14 volt bulbs from radio shack. The higher the milliamp rating, the brighter the bulb will illuminate.

Find a 12-14 volt source on the board and solder one lead to it and the other to ground. The ON-OFF switch will work nicely for this. Replacing them when needed is also much easier and quicker.

If you think they are too bright, you can always add some resistance in line to bring the brightness down to a confortable level since your dimmer switch will have no effect on them. Or, find a lower (8-10) voltage source on the PC board somewhere. Either way will work.

The above was just a suggestion. I do this with my personal Deltas and Mag-257s.

Jeff, kc0gxz.
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Rob5mike
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 11:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thank you Jeff!That sounds like an easy fix.I think I"ll try it.

Mike

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