Re: TI-H: Back to backlighting(lime light?)
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travisp wrote:
>
> So how does one simply (I stress simply) stup up the 6v to 120v at a safe
> amperage?
>
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> > From: C.J. Oster <cjo@pobox.com>
> > To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
> > Subject: Re: TI-H: Back to backlighting!
> > Date: Sunday, November 24, 1996 8:32 PM
> >
> > It all works the same way as indeglo. You have to run A LOT of voltage
> > through it to make it light up. The more voltage, the brighter it lights
> > up. The amperage really doesn't matter, that's how it works in watches.
> > The 3v from the battery is steped up to a few hundred at a very small
> > amperage.
> >
> > >I found one of those Lime-lights. The small compact green night-light
> for
> > >those that didn't see the post. Anyway, I dismantled it and what I found
> > >was better than I had hoped. The thing is made out of a little card with
> > >a negative and positive terminal. The card is thinner than a credit card
> > >and smaller than the TI-screen. Unfortunately, it plugs into the 120
> volt
> > >socket. I was hoping that it didn't need so much voltage and that
> > >resistors stepped it down, but there was nothing in the casing except
> the
> > >"glow-card." Attaching the little thing to a nine-volt may have made it
> > >glow a little if I wasn't imagining things. This would be perfect to
> > >stick in the calc, but we need MORE POWER! If anyone has any ideas to
> get
> > >this thing to work in the calc on 6 volts, let's hear it! I don't know a
> > >lot about electronics so even the smallest thought would be welcome.
> This
> > >is for all of us, so let's hear what people have to say.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >.\\ark
> > >Markzshell@juno.com <can't attach files to this address>
> > >Zarkon1000@aol.com <checked much less frequently>
> >
> >
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what is this lime light you are talking about , a nightlight?
where can i buy one?is it called a "lime light"?
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