CAMTEX
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Has anyone had a problem with the LCD gauges darkening after being in the sun. My right side panel is almost unreadable after being in the sun as the temp warms up here in TX. It does go away slowly as I ride.
That is a "feature" of LCD. Nothing wrong, nothing to fix.CAMTEX said:Has anyone had a problem with the LCD gauges darkening after being in the sun. My right side panel is almost unreadable after being in the sun as the temp warms up here in TX. It does go away slowly as I ride.
Each liquid crystal display is filled with a liquid crystal material. It is neither solid nor liquid but what is called a mesamorphic fluid. The name “liquid crystal” came from the property of having an ordered state like a crystal plus a liquid state. As one changes the temperature, it goes from something like a slushy solid to a state known as isotropic - much like water where there's no specific optical properties. In this state, it also doesn't have any dielectric properties that can be switched with an electric field.
When operated at very elevated temperatures, the material goes to this isotopic state and it does not behave with polarized light in the same way. The display will typically turn dark instead of normally white. However, this darkening is reversible. When you go back to normal room temperatures again it will operate correctly. If you're seeing a display turn dark at elevated temperatures, it means you are well above the specified temperature.