Re: TI-H: EL panels - WARNING!
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Re: TI-H: EL panels - WARNING!
Have you bought those $45 panels and then found the $5 ones?
> I talked to someone from Lumitek International about EL panels. They
>sell for about $5 each for a panel the size of a calc. The inverters are
>about the same price. The inverters are half the size of a watch, they
>WILL fit inside a calc! Someone said earlier that you can cut EL panels
>and they will still work. Only big EL panels will work. If you try and
>cut one for a calc, the person I talked to said that they had problems
>when they cut them that small without special tools. He said that they
>left shards of glass that caused the inverter not to work properly. If
>you cut it with scissors, inspect the edges under a microscope to see if
>there are any little shards left behind. This is the place I am ordering
>all of my EL stuff from, the inverters are the size of 2 quarters! The
>address is www.us.net/quantex/el.htm Someone mentioned this site earlier,
>thank a lot! I'll tell you guys how it works when I get it. You can also
>buy sheets cut specifcally for buttons, just cut out the white and replace
>w/EL. Like the new radios and dashboards in Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, etc.
>I am going to try it, If anyone wants to help. You can also buy almost
>any color you want, even multicolor!
>
>
>-Robert Brack
>
>reb@netride.com
>
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>Lumitek International about EL panels. They sell for about $5 each for a
>panel the size of a calc. The inverters are about the same price.
>The inverters are half the size of a watch, they WILL fit inside a calc!
>Someone said earlier that you can cut EL panels and they will still
>work.
>Only big EL panels will work. If you try and cut one for a calc, the
>person I talked to said that they had problems when they cut them that small
>without special tools. He said that they left shards of glass that
>caused
>the inverter not to work properly. If you cut it with scissors, inspect
>the edges under a microscope to see if there are any little shards left
>behind. This is the place I am ordering all of my EL stuff from, the
>inverters are the size of 2 quarters! The address is <A
>href="http://www.us.net/quantex/el.htm">www.us.net/quantex/el.htm</A> Someone
>mentioned this site earlier, thank a lot! I'll tell you guys how it
>works
>when I get it. You can also buy sheets cut specifcally for buttons, just
>cut out the white and replace w/EL. Like the new radios and
>dashboards in
>Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, etc. I am going to try it, If anyone wants to
>help. You can also buy almost any color you want, even
>multicolor!</FONT></DIV>
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