Predicta Holiday restoration

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by rrrhre2s

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.

[rrrhre2s]

Originally Posted by bandersen

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.

A 100 K. 1 watt should help quite a bit.

rrrhre2s