Carbon composite in place of carbon film

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Originally Posted by DaveWM

those all look pretty good, You can still try the diode (I would just unsolder and check the a DMM compare to the new one) then the resistors. This may be very late question, but do you have the brightness cranked up? or the contrast real low?

Funny you should ask. I have the contrast at a comfortable level and there's plenty of travel left on the control. You only need to turn less than a 1/4 to get the right level.

The brightness, on the other hand, is almost full. There's not headroom in the control. The full rotation gets you just over where it should be. I back it down just a bit to get to the right level. I could have sworn it had much more range before I started my repair work.

Why are you asking? Is there something in the numbers?

Also, if the numbers look okay, does that mean the resistors are probably okay as well? I will do the diode on Wed. I'm running out of steam and don't feel like flipping her over at the moment.