Dimming timer

[trudee]

ok, been meaning to ask this for awhile, my timer dims about 2 min. after the light is turned off (I'm currently printing) what's happening? How can I remedy this eye squinting problem?

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

The display dims?

 

[trudee]

GraLab, Model #300. Yes, numbers and hands dim.

 

[Chan Tran]

I think the glow in the dark stuff has worn out and don't keep them glow for very long.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

I think it's your eyes adjusting. The glow is not electrical.

 

[Newt_on_Swings]

You can get some luminous paint and repaint the glowing parts. If you cant find it in a craft store, you can try luminous nail polish as well. Best but slightly more expensive option is to buy a product called Superluminova. It is a very bright, and quickly charged luminescent paint used on high end watch dials.

 

[fotch]

The radium (?) in the paint is weakening.

 

[Bill Burk]

Haaa, If that were the case Mainecoonmaniac, the numbers would seem brighter... Chan Tran's answer is more like it.

I don't know, but I have a few GraLab 300's of different vintage and prefer the vintage one. It doesn't hold the charge as long as the newer ones.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

You're right. I ain't no optometrist

 

[trudee]

Thanks everyone....it's almost too simple of an answer. I have some of that glow in the dark, painting tomorrow!!!!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Take the timer outside on a bright sunny day and leave it in the sun or fire a strobe at it a few times.

 

[Dan Williams]

You're right. I ain't no optometrist

Does that mean you're a pessitrist?

Dan

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

No my problem is a dimming brain, not a dimming timer.