This would be a great opportunity to put some LED's in there and then you'd
practically never have to worry about them going out on you again. I
remember seeing a fantastic article in QST describing how to do this if you
need some guidance. I don't remember what month it was, but if you can't
find it let me know and I'll look around. Basically all there is to it, is
to take power supply voltage (12V) from the radio and put a current limiting
resistor in series with the LED (20mA). Pretty easy and a good upgrade if
ever there was one.

jason
kb5urq

P.S. I have an old TR-751 for sale by the way if you need some parts. Its
not putting out any power but all the other functions work on it. Would let
it go for pretty cheap if I could find a good home for it.


"Pete KE9OA" wrote in message
...
I did take mine apart a couple of years ago, to clean the
LCD...........the
original owner somehow got moisture behind the LCD, giving a water stain
type of appearnce. I did notice that there were a couple of light bulbs
behind the panel, but it has been awhile. I've been meaning to replace
them
with LEDs.

Pete

Scott Dorsey wrote in message
...
Richard Donahue wrote:
I have a Kenwood TR-751A and the light is out. The LCD and meter isn't
lit
up anymore. I believe the last trip I took it was knocked out.

I took the front cover off and couldn't see a bulb anywhere. Does
anyone
know where it's located and what I can use to replace it? You can
e-mail
me
at

It's either an electroluminescent panel or vacuum fluorescent panel that
is
part of the LCD stack. You should be able to see it on the schematic
and
see where the high voltage goes into the panel. Check to make sure it
is
getting voltage before replacing it.
--scott

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