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Need pinout/orientation of lcd backlight connector in Zenith ZF-171-42

retrotron

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Hello everybody, I've been working on fixing my old Zenith ZF-171-42 luggatop, and I'm in the process of reassembling everything, except... I neglected to document the orientation/ position of some of the wires.

While most were self explanatory, one in particular, the lcd display backlight cable has been a pain in the apple to figure out. The problem here is that cable consists of two wires and connects to a 3 pin connector. I just can't figure out which position and orientation it needs to connect. There are at least 100V involved in this situation, so I'm afraid to finish up and then fry the poor thing again.

Can someone please give me info on how to correctly connect that backlight cable? See attached pictures for details.
 

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Hello everybody, I've been working on fixing my old Zenith ZF-171-42 luggatop, and I'm in the process of reassembling everything, except... I neglected to document the orientation/ position of some of the wires.

While most were self explanatory, one in particular, the lcd display backlight cable has been a pain in the apple to figure out. The problem here is that cable consists of two wires and connects to a 3 pin connector. I just can't figure out which position and orientation it needs to connect. There are at least 100V involved in this situation, so I'm afraid to finish up and then fry the poor thing again.

Can someone please give me info on how to correctly connect that backlight cable? See attached pictures for details.
I have a ZF-171 that has to come apart anyway to fix the keyboard, so I would be happy to do it. Where would I find this connector?
 
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