Many of you know that I have an affinity for the Hayes Chronograph. I have several of them, I made a WiFi controller to set the time automatically<\/a>, and I\u2019ve repaired several of them. Here\u2019s another page in the repair chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hayes Chronograph uses a beautiful Futaba 6-LT-23 vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) that has a lovely cyan blue tint. Over time, the displays will fade in brightness and possibly stop lighting at all (I\u2019ve yet to see the later).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another vulnerability is the vacuum itself. During manufacture, a vacuum is applied from the back and sealed leaving a small glass nib that sticks out, just asking to be lightly tapped and broken. No vacuum, no display. One Chronograph I have suffers from this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Long out of production, replacement displays are whatever are left lying around a warehouse. For years, I\u2019ve looked and found many dead ends until I found some for sale overseas. I hesitated for a couple of years (!) before finally buying them. The process was more complex than it needed to be and I paid a premium for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NOS VFDs I ordered arrived today. The sealed box rattled like wind chimes. And well, it wasn\u2019t a pretty sight. Inside, there was carnage. Immediately I could see several seals broken and one outright cracked from the front. I don\u2019t think these can repaired but tell me I\u2019m wrong!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some displays did survive. After straightening the 31 gnarly pins, I set about repairing the Chronograph with a bad display. Unsoldered 31 pins of the old display and soldered in the new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First power on: nothing. Puzzled, I checked for power. Nothing. Duh, no fuse! Added a fuse, tried again. The display lights up, but indecipherable? What time is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I was trying to figure out what to do next, the display glitched lightly, and suddenly displayed the correct date and time! Yay for unexplained phenomena! This new Chronograph display is sooo bright!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1485806053455536131-FJ6kum6XMAAqqyv-840x630.jpg\")
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