EL Panels have been used as display backlights in consumer and professional electronic equipment fo more than 30 year.

They have proved to be very reliable but if the unit is still being used after more than 10,000 hours of lit display then these will start to fade.

Instead of replacing the entire screen, an inexpensive EL Panel back light replacement can inserted instead.

There will have to be a some disassembly and soldering involved but there are usually youtube videos for the procedure for most makes and models

This replacement backlight EL Panel is 18mm x 74mm

It has twin jumpers on the side and is available in white or light blue

You will find it is the right size for various vintage analogue synthesiser keyboards:

Elka vintage synthesers, The Kurzweil K1200 synth, Roland Alpha Juno 1 and Juno 2, MKS-80 and PG1000 plus the Sequential Circuits Prophet

The EL Replacement is also good for Korg DRV-2000 and Yamaha REV-7 sound processors and effect machines

It can be used in several E-MU analogue samplers (EMAX I, EMAX II and Emulator II) and their SP12 and SP1200 Drum Machines

They are very robust and if it is not quite the right size you can trim it down to shape with large scissors

EL Panels have been used as display backlights in consumer and professional electronic equipment fo more than 30 year.

They have proved to be very reliable but if the unit is still being used after more than 10,000 hours of lit display then these will start to fade.

As these units are often decades old, the manufacturer has often discontinued the product.

Users then discover that replacement screens for their beloved hardware are often expensive or impossible to find.

Instead of replacing the entire screen, an inexpensive EL Panel back light replacement can inserted instead. There will have to be a some disassembly and soldering involved but there are usually youtube videos for the procedure for most makes and models