Re: TI-H: EL panels - WARNING!
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Re: TI-H: EL panels - WARNING!
How many, what size, what color did you buy? I had to pay $45!!!! The
inverter they sold me is about the size of a AA battery! Give me part
numbers or something, I think they ripped me off!
-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: EL panels - WARNING!
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>Have you bought those $45 panels and then found the $5 ones?
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>> 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
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>>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>
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>>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
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