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How are you using EL Wire? Got Pics?
mcseforsale:
Wow. That turned out awesome. :burgerking: How to you power it (I'm looking to perhaps power it using an ATX power supply) and how did you form the letters?
AJ
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on March 06, 2012, 10:34:11 am ---I used green el wire on the marquee of "The Rage". It looks pretty cool, however to me it looks more light blue than green.
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yotsuya:
--- Quote from: mcseforsale on March 06, 2012, 12:02:55 pm ---Wow. That turned out awesome. :burgerking: How to you power it (I'm looking to perhaps power it using an ATX power supply) and how did you form the letters?
AJ
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on March 06, 2012, 10:34:11 am ---I used green el wire on the marquee of "The Rage". It looks pretty cool, however to me it looks more light blue than green.
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You can find USB inverters..
DaOld Man:
--- Quote from: mcseforsale on March 06, 2012, 12:02:55 pm ---Wow. That turned out awesome. :burgerking: How to you power it (I'm looking to perhaps power it using an ATX power supply) and how did you form the letters?
AJ
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Thank you!
Here is the blog I kept when building The Rage:
http://skennys-arcade.blogspot.com/
I cut the lettering out with my router and laid the wire in the grooves.
The el wire has a 12vdc inverter, which I powered from a 12 vdc "wall wart" adapter, however you could easily power it from the 12 vdc power supply in the PC.
Complete methods are listed in the blog, just go back through the older posts.
I also have links to where I bought everything.
One note: Since I made this blog, the front end for The Rage has been changed from GLaunch to Mala.
mcseforsale:
Thanks man. I'm grooving on the power strip. What did you use it for? (I know...read the damn blog.. :angry: .)
Thanks,
AJ
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--- Quote from: mcseforsale on March 06, 2012, 12:02:55 pm ---Wow. That turned out awesome. :burgerking: How to you power it (I'm looking to perhaps power it using an ATX power supply) and how did you form the letters?
AJ
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Thank you!
Here is the blog I kept when building The Rage:
http://skennys-arcade.blogspot.com/
I cut the lettering out with my router and laid the wire in the grooves.
The el wire has a 12vdc inverter, which I powered from a 12 vdc "wall wart" adapter, however you could easily power it from the 12 vdc power supply in the PC.
Complete methods are listed in the blog, just go back through the older posts.
I also have links to where I bought everything.
One note: Since I made this blog, the front end for The Rage has been changed from GLaunch to Mala.
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wp34:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on March 06, 2012, 10:32:36 am ---I was considering it for my next cab, but haven't actually experimented with it yet. (was waiting for wp34 to try it on his tron legacy cab :P )
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LOL - I'm hesitating due to the buzzing you mentioned and the fact that EL wire and EL sheets supposedly don't last. I've haven't given up totally yet.