James Sweet wrote:

Yes this should work fine. The LED backlight should take no more power than
the EL, it's the route I would take.

I've size issues as well. EL backlights are quite thin, and the only LED
backlights I've seen are much thicker.

You might be able to get away with side-lighting, but it gets difficult and
inconsistent with "home brew" concoctions.

Unless there are thin LED backlights I haven't seen?
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