I'm quite happy with the way my problem with this DAC90A has finally been resolved: time for a few concluding remarks.
In an earlier post I wrote:
In retrospect, I think I was a bit harsh on myself with that comment. Why? Because when you have an item like that DAC90A in front of you, with the dial light configuration under consideration, you simply can't help but to focus on the existing arrangements for improving the dial illumination based on what the cct. actually is! And in so doing, it blinds you to the possibilities of solving the problem by standing well back, and thinking 'outside the box' - a DAC90A-shaped 'box' in this case!
The solution - i.e. the fitment of a transformer, mains-powered, with a low-voltage secondary - simply exclusively and only to power the dial lights, to me, seems to be a good example of lateral thinking.
Now I've always considered myself to be a lateral thinker, but after this exercise, I'm now not so sure.
Perhaps there are degrees of lateral thinking. Whatever, it's certainly taught me a valuable lesson that when faced with an apparently insurmountable problem, I must try to find ways of looking at the problem in a holistic - perhaps sideways - way, and see if I can see the problem in the wider context.
Has anyone else here met similar apparently insoluble problems (and not necessarily in electronics) and then discovered a novel and unorthodox method of solving their problem? I have opened a new thread as a means for others to post responses to that question. As far as this thread is concerned, I now have nothing to add to it.
Finally, thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread.
Al. / June 2, 2013 //
In an earlier post I wrote:
(30-05-2013, 08:27 PM)Skywave Wrote: Anyway, I'm glad you [David (Yorkie)] brought this [transformer modification] to my attention: thanks . . . but I wonder why I didn't think of that solution . . . perhaps because it is too damn obvious!
Al.
In retrospect, I think I was a bit harsh on myself with that comment. Why? Because when you have an item like that DAC90A in front of you, with the dial light configuration under consideration, you simply can't help but to focus on the existing arrangements for improving the dial illumination based on what the cct. actually is! And in so doing, it blinds you to the possibilities of solving the problem by standing well back, and thinking 'outside the box' - a DAC90A-shaped 'box' in this case!
The solution - i.e. the fitment of a transformer, mains-powered, with a low-voltage secondary - simply exclusively and only to power the dial lights, to me, seems to be a good example of lateral thinking.Now I've always considered myself to be a lateral thinker, but after this exercise, I'm now not so sure.
Perhaps there are degrees of lateral thinking. Whatever, it's certainly taught me a valuable lesson that when faced with an apparently insurmountable problem, I must try to find ways of looking at the problem in a holistic - perhaps sideways - way, and see if I can see the problem in the wider context.Has anyone else here met similar apparently insoluble problems (and not necessarily in electronics) and then discovered a novel and unorthodox method of solving their problem? I have opened a new thread as a means for others to post responses to that question. As far as this thread is concerned, I now have nothing to add to it.
Finally, thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread.
Al. / June 2, 2013 //
