On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:41:25 GMT, James Sweet
wrote:



I'm gonna order a couple from the states (2 tubes delivered to the UK
for half the price I would pay for just the tube over here shrug)
and I'm getting two just-in-case something should go wrong while I'm
fitting it or it turns out the invertor is damaging the tube etc?

Any thoughts comments welcomed .. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m




The laptops I've worked on all only had one tube, but it can't hurt to
have a spare, just store it somewhere safe. Cardboard mailing tube works
well.

Hi James and thanks for the feedback. ;-)

It would seem that the cables are soldered to the end wires of the
tube? Is this common (I was expecting some sort of 'push-on' fitting)?

Also I remembered I couldn't remember where the wire that connected to
the 'remote' end of the tube ran? I mean, did it run in the cavity
with the tube or outside of the inside (if you know what I mean, it
wasn't visable til I pretty well got the tube out completely)? I think
I remember the two thin wires (from the inverter) going through a
small slot into the TFT assembly, the short wire pretty well going
straight to one end of the tube and the long one running alongside the
tube up to the other end .. shrug?

Mind you if it's a ColdCFL then nothing should melt should it? ;-)

All the best ..

T i m