Mystery solved.....
Madlabs....No and yes on the voltage on the contrast pin.
BJ.....Cleaning with alcohol and a q-tip might have helped
if that had been the problem....but it wasn't...but it didn't
hurt either.
Woof...Not on a treadmill .....wouldn't be caught dead on one ....unless
I turned the Treadmill motor....a regular treadmill makes as much sense
as being tied behind a slow moving car.....
dang....From reading what was on that site you were entertained
and this that was posted probably entertained so all in all you haven't
wasted your time
From my history with repairing them, once you've lifted the silicone-rubber connectors all bets are off it will ever work as-new again. Some will, some won't. Cleaning with alcohol I'm sure would help them .....
.....but here's what I did....there are 2 button batteries each one had 1.24v total 2.48.
....so I charged one up with my solar panel (3 VW panels in series)opened the back
door....sun shining on the top 2 panels...charged one of the 357 buttons for about 2
minutes.=1.7....dropped down to 1.6......popped it back in it's place....and the display
is noticeably darker digits....so I done the same with the other ....and Ta Dah !
sucess.
(blush)....well I would have tried new batteries and when I was in the newly opened
Dollar General in Albion, Pa. I spied them ....a package of 3....357s ! ....I started to
reached for them and recoiled in horror! Like from a striking rattlesnake!
$5.50 ! No way ! .....well now that I know the batteries would have worked .....Maybe DollarTree
has them ....like 2 in a package for $1 ?
Thanks for all your help guys....hopefully we all learned something....
and it was fun.
Norm.