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Old 04-25-2014, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by rrrhre2s View Post
I think I am posting about the right set.

Been thinking about your restoration in the...
Predicta "Holiday" restoration p13o?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlHtGky46r4

at about 16:05 the LED Back light was staying lit for quite a while.

I believe if you connect the high side (ungrounded) lead of the LED to the high side of the filament string it would stop the strange behavior...
I tried your suggested and it works perfectly Only downside is the cap now retains a charge for a long time. I suppose I could add a high value bleeder resistor across it.
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