EL Wire and Tape

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dfnlarry
 
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EL Wire and Tape

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I have utilized the EL Tape to highlight stairway steps with satisfactory results and now would like to make longer runs to highlight walkways in a darkened environment (home theatre). I utilized the flexible neon led lighting to unsatisfactory results I need longer runs of EL tape or wire.. Does Adafruit supply custom lengths for EL tape and wire? If not how, does anyone have any thoughts on how to daisy chain seemlessly the EL wire or tape? Also what would be the power requirements for additional lengths? Thanks

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Re: EL Wire and Tape

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Adafruit sells specific lengths of EL Wire (8.2') and EL tape 100cm.

You can butt connect two pieces of EL tape with clear heat shrink to make a pretty good connection that appears almost seamless.

It is difficult to cover the gap when extending the wire between sections.

Some details about sizing drivers for EL lengths.

https://learn.adafruit.com/el-wire/using-el-wire

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