Neon strip looking effects...

[Ynot]

Try this one ;)

Nope - still a blank page..... :D

[MarkPAman]

That's odd. I can see it. ;)

 

Edit : It's a PDF by the way.

[musht]

Probably blooming Acrobat Reader quietly commiting Hari Kiri in the back of Ynots machine ;-) Usually takes everything with it on this one. So swapped to Foxit PDF reader freeware, and not bloated 1.7mB:

 

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm

[Ynot]

Probably blooming Acrobat Reader quietly commiting Hari Kiri in the back of Ynots machine ;-)

Nope - Acrobat's doing fine.

Got the mailed file from Mark and that works fine.

And whether or not this is exactly what I was looking for, I reckon that the last few posts have come pretty close, and I'm investigating options from there.

 

Thanks guys.

TD

[Ynot]

As an update, received the one blue 2.5mm neon EL last week.

Yes - it is indeed a little on the thin side, but I reckon the 5mm will do me for what I want at this point.

 

Thanks for the links, guys.

 

Watch this space for further news after the end of April...

[Electric Feel]

I'm considering looking to use an effect, but for the life of me can't find what they're called, thus not able to search the usual suspects for a hire option!

 

Soooo... HELP! :)

 

These effects are the long (2 or 3 metre plus) thin strips of controllable medium which look a little like neon, come in many colours, but are NOT neon, as they can be fast-switched and (possibly) dimmed.

 

They seem quite common on TV sets these days, especially in multiple arrays.

 

I've looked for laser-line, neon options and a few other possibles, but so far no luck.

 

Anyone know what I mean?

 

There are a couple of ideas that I have. You could use multicolored el wire. Or else, just use a thick el wire.

[david.elsbury]

Of course, it helps that your company is the one you link to... but you seemed not keen to disclose that...

 

(and the fact that this post is almost 3 years old...)

[mac.calder]

Well there is Led Pixel Strip like this stuff

Or LED Neon like this

Or Side Light Fiber example here

[Tom Baldwin]

Since we're all necromancing now, I recently got a mailshot from Farnell, promoting amongst other products, M-Tube, which is side-emitting, end-fed, LED-based flexible tubing - looks very possible for neon effects, subject to brightness. Haven't tried it myself. They also do rigid lengths.

 

Tom

[LampTramp]

If you saw this tube a few years ago.. could it have been architect tubing.....?

Made of glass approx 1 or 1.5m long looked a bit like a floresent tube but with a fillament running through it...

When we used them... just used a gel sleave...and looked like neon..

[Tin]

I think you mean EL-Wire - Electro-luminescent wire

 

Alternatively, the LED ropelight Wavicle has!

Hmmmm... ™

Actually, no - not this at all, (though it DOES look intriguing - know anyone that rents the stuff?).

 

The items I had in mind were thin but rigid strips, not flexible like this stuff....

 

http://www.laserelectronicsltd.com/lighting.htm

 

Give them a call, they might send you some samples.

01754811137

[Guest lightnix]

El-wire has its uses, but simulating neon isn't really one of them IMO. It's not very bright, unless you kick up the output with a high (8kHz) frequency inverter, which shortens the already disappointing working life and it can be very fiddly to install, especially where soldering is concerned.

 

Search the forums for electroluminescent to find out more.

[paulears]

Moderation: We only spotted this just now - so our usual tactic of dealing with self-promotion - against the rules of course, seems a bit redundant now that the topic has advanced, with suitable comment and handy updating.

 

So we're going to leave this running as it does seem useful info to add to what is already here.

Paul