prc1 wrote:
I have a couple of LCD monitors (Apple 21" and 23" Cinema displays,
Hitachi 17") that have bad inverters. I know these things vary widely
in design, but I wonder if there's a good site/sites that teach about
how inverters work and how to troubleshoot and repair them?
** To respond, remove the crap from my addy... **

I saw an 'instructable' regarding replacing many inverters with a
generic unit. Try this search link:
http://www.instructables.com/tag/?q=backlight+inverter&limit%3Atype%3Aid=on&type%3A id=on&type%3Auser=on&type%3Acomment=on&type%3Agrou p=on&type%3AforumTopic=on&sort=none

Since then, inverters have come down in price. Do an eBay search for
your unit and you might find one cheaply enough to make repair uneconomical.

jak