> > first was the LCD, it was a component type of thing that consisted
> of a
> > plastic box
> > open on one side, (hence the water inside), with what looked like a
> small
> > bar of
> > gray carbon looking like stuff, that on one side rested on contacts
> on the
> > circuit board,
> > and on the other rested on the edge of a mat of LCD material
> >
> > both of these things were held in place by a plastic spacer, then
> the
> > plastic box had four
> > little screws to fasten it to the circuit board.
>
> It's a zebra strip. There are lots of tiny conductors running between
> the PCB and the LCD that are all insulated from one another. If you
> imagine these it looks like a Zebra, hence the name.
>
> The plastic piece clamps the LCD glass to the circuit board putting
> the "correct" amount of compression on the zebra strip so it's
> connected in the circuit. In production the screws would be put in
> with a torque screwdriver so the strips are compressed the prescribed
> amount.
>
> Tim
>
that's interesting - I just tightened it down with a scew driver, it works
so far...
maybe the dishwashing soap changed the conductivity...

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