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Re: TI-H: EL panels - WARNING!


>>>    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








>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
>>>
>>>reb@netride.com
>>>
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>from
>>>Lumitek International about EL panels.&nbsp; They sell for about $5 each
>for a
>>>panel the size of a calc.&nbsp; The inverters are about the same
>price.&nbsp;
>>>The inverters are half the size of a watch, they WILL fit inside a
>calc!&nbsp;
>>>Someone said earlier that you can cut EL panels and they will still
>>>work.&nbsp;
>>>Only big EL panels will work.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; He said that they left shards of glass that
>>>caused
>>>the inverter not to work properly.&nbsp; If you cut it with scissors,
>inspect
>>>the edges under a microscope to see if there are any little shards left
>>>behind.&nbsp; This is the place I am ordering all of my EL stuff from, the
>>>inverters are the size of 2 quarters!&nbsp; 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!&nbsp; I'll tell you guys how it
>>>works
>>>when I get it.&nbsp; You can also buy sheets cut specifcally for buttons,
>just
>>>cut out the white and replace w/EL.&nbsp; Like the new radios and
>>>dashboards in
>>>Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, etc.&nbsp; I am going to try it, If anyone wants to
>>>help.&nbsp; You can also buy almost any color you want, even
>>>multicolor!</FONT></DIV>
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