Allen wrote: > Having read about this problem, I have decided to put my "Best" Boom on > a timer because I only use it at night. before I go to sleep and when I > wake up early morning. I hope this will extend the life of the display. > I have a second Boom which I will not use and this should give me a > back-up display I can swap over when needed. > > I seem to have fixed the Display sensitivity problem I had which > originated this thread. > > Allen
In theory a VFD has a lifetime of around 50000 hours (to 50% brightness) which equates to around 5.7 years if run 24 hours a day. I say 'in theory' because my experience is that they can last a lot longer than that. In our lab at work we have multimeters with VFD displays that have been running for over 20 years 24 hours a day and still working ! Despite that, I still turn my Transporters display off when not being used. Unfortunately that doesn't necessarily save the display. If the filament voltage goes low (due to dried up electrolytic caps etc) then the display can prematurely age. My oldest Transporter is one of the early 'Slim Devices' units making it around 10 years old and the display is still very bright when turned up so I'm hoping for at least another 10 years use ! Bridged Silent Server -> Transporter -> Lyngdorf TDAI 2200 Amp with Room Perfect -> Art Emotion Speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15298 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105725 _______________________________________________ Boom mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/boom
