[PLUG-TALK] Hardware Question

[Galen Seitz]

Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Galen Seitz wrote:
> 
>> Perhaps it's just the backlight or power supply for the backlight that 
>> has
>> died?
> 
> galen,
> 
>   Might very well be. Is this a simple test done with a multimeter? And
> Rogan might be correct, too. I'll let it sit, plugged in with battery
> inserted for a full day or so and see if it recovers.

The backlight is probably a cold cathode fluorescent.  I don't know of
an easy way to test it, other than installing it in a known good circuit.
Perhaps Keith has some ideas.

galen