Polarizing film saves lives.

[Axtman]

Equipment lives that is!

I have a couple of Fluke 77 multimeters with terribly faded screens. They were destined to the Great Amp Repair Lab in the Sky (the trash bin). I tried to find a replacement LCD screen but those are impossible to find. I heard about this trick where you put polarizing film on the LCD.

Well here are the results.

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[Axtman]

Another resurection

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[Axtman]

What a difference the film makes!

[glebert]

That is a really cool trick!

[Tom Phillips]

Thanks for this very useful post.
I get lots of hits when I Google "Polarizing Film." Are all the offerings pretty much the same or did you run across info recommending certain products?

[Axtman]

The video I saw recommended adhesive backed polarizing film. I bought two about 8x11 sheets on Amazon for about $15. They came the next day. I don't think the adhesive worked but since the sheet was "captured" by the gray plastic cover it did not matter. I did find that cutting the sheet diagonally to sheet works best. That is why there are small triangle pieces in one of my pictures.