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Title: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 11, 2007, 07:20:37 AM
any body else attempting to put El wire in there psp? im just wondering if there is any one trying it and if you had any success. i would love to see/hear about how its going and if you had any questions go ahead and ask me.
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: psppunk on December 11, 2007, 07:32:48 AM
ive seen it done, but IMHO it looks horrible...
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 11, 2007, 07:38:35 AM
ive seen it done, but IMHO it looks horrible...

yes thats because im the one who did it and glad you liked it.






A$S
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: dedafmonteur on December 11, 2007, 07:51:28 AM
ive seen it done, but IMHO it looks horrible...

Keep it like that and you will get loads of flaming on you....
i like tec, dont mess with him
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: ProperBritish on December 11, 2007, 08:25:11 AM
i thought it looked friggin awesome! I need to find a tiny inverter tho, whered you get yours tec?
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 11, 2007, 08:31:01 AM
i bought my inverter from coolight.com

http://www.coolight.com/product-p/cl-imc-1.5ft.htm (http://www.coolight.com/product-p/cl-imc-1.5ft.htm)

i got 5 of them and i ended up destroying 3 out of the 5 before i was able to strip the case off to a point that would work well. after i striped the case i used some heat shrink to insulate it.
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: ProperBritish on December 11, 2007, 08:37:27 AM
Strip Casing
Heat Shrink
Would I be able to solder it to the same points as LEDs would go? And have Hold turn it off? Im guessing yes...
How exactly does the EL wire connect to the inverter?
I REALLY want to do this.
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 11, 2007, 08:42:00 AM
yes you will be able to sound mod it, hold switch, just so long as its on the dc side of the inverter

check this out for how to solder
http://www.vibelights.com/lehowtosoelw.html (http://www.vibelights.com/lehowtosoelw.html)

i also have bough from vibelights they just didn't have the right size inverter
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: ProperBritish on December 11, 2007, 08:50:09 AM
awesome. any resistors needed? sorry if im being a pain
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 11, 2007, 08:57:43 AM
theoretically yes you need a resistor, but im not using one, so im expecting the inverter to burn out. i don't use that psp much seeing as i have 2 others. plus the cool mods buttons i got for it suck and aren't that responsive. so i use it more as a show piece.
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: ProperBritish on December 11, 2007, 10:05:12 AM
may you recommend a resistor? :confused:
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 11, 2007, 10:09:03 AM
some thing close to 120ohms is what i think i calculated it for
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: MattZani on December 11, 2007, 10:49:07 AM
Tec, i added you on MSN as i wanted to talk about using El Wire for a Home Cinema, and wanted work out light throw, heat, where to buy etc.
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 11, 2007, 10:54:13 AM
i should be on in about an hour and a half
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Slimby on December 11, 2007, 10:42:07 PM
Everybody is entitled to their opinion.

Slimby
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: BABYGOAT on December 12, 2007, 12:53:39 AM
The company i work for used to stock EL wire in NZ!!
But sadly they discontinued it before i started working there and there is none left in any of the other branches  :cry2:

Anyway i have been interested in working with EL wire and am looking to do a PSP mod with it myself at some stage (time/money) lol.

Also due to high demands for ELwire at work we may be stocking it again (if ppl higher up agree) so maybe i can get from here instead of coolwire.com

Anyway let ya know
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 12, 2007, 05:33:49 AM
the real trick would be geting your hands on the inverter
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: ProperBritish on December 12, 2007, 08:34:02 AM
yeah from what ive seen the one Tec recommended me is the only one of its kind
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: BlackFire on December 12, 2007, 11:21:18 AM
Anyone doing el-wire might find a use for el tape. flat and in different widths uses the same converter. Migt give a different look?
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 12, 2007, 11:40:21 AM
i think i would be a B to put the tape in a psp, but it would be cool to line the bottom of a ps2 with it. would have a nice under glow/back lit effect
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: TR4G- on December 18, 2007, 11:20:42 AM
some thing close to 120ohms is what i think i calculated it for

was that based on the amount of el wire you had?
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 18, 2007, 11:27:32 AM
no its baised on voltage drop and amperage
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: TR4G- on December 18, 2007, 11:43:01 AM
no its baised on voltage drop and amperage

so that would vary for the color right? [im using red, vs ur blue]
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on December 18, 2007, 12:59:24 PM
no its dependent on the inverter
Title: Re: any body else?
Post by: Tec_ on January 14, 2008, 09:08:51 AM
Bump to see how every one is doing. any one still working on it?
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