The display manufacturer's data sheet specifies a minimum 10,000 hours for the backlight. That looks like a suspiciously rounded number, so I suspect the typical lifetime is much greater than that.
I generally have mine on all day long while I'm doing firmware development. I've been doing that for over two years now so (as a wild guess) I probably have 6-8k hours on the display so far with no sign of degradation. Alan N1AL On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 12:19 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Yes. It works FB to update the K3 through the P3. > > It uses an LED lit display, so the life ought to be on the same order as the > LEDs since it's the backlight that usually spells the end to such a display. > > If you do manage to run a hammer or other object through the display ruin > it, it is easily replaced. It is not soldered onto a pc board; it's a simple > plug-in affair. Complete instructions to replace it are in the manual (at > the back since it's not likely something a user will ever need to do). > > 73, > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > . I think you can update the K3 with the > P3 connected. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
