Where to buy EL wire?

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Daniel Pitts

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Anyone have any leads on cheap EL (electroluminescent) wire? I've found
a lot of cheap parts on eBay, but then some parts aren't as cheap on eBay.

Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks,
Daniel.
 
On 6/20/2012 1:26 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
Anyone have any leads on cheap EL (electroluminescent) wire? I've
found a lot of cheap parts on eBay, but then some parts aren't as
cheap on eBay.

Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks,
Daniel.
This place probably has it:
http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q
 
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q
I like! Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips? Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.

nb

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vi --the heart of evil!
Support labeling GMOs
<http://www.labelgmos.org/>
 
On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:26:13 PM UTC+2, Daniel Pitts wrote:
Anyone have any leads on cheap EL (electroluminescent) wire? I've found
a lot of cheap parts on eBay, but then some parts aren't as cheap on eBay.

Any suggestions welcome.
Sparkfun?
 
"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:slrnju4d59.2om.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net...
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q

I like! Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips? Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.
Ever been to Deal Extreme www.dx.com
 
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:04:51 -0400, "Cliff H" <cknjsp@msn.com> wrote:

"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:slrnju4d59.2om.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net...
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q

I like! Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips? Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.


Ever been to Deal Extreme www.dx.com

I don't know about them. I got stuff I ordered in dribs and drabs
over a months time, had my email address sent to some Nigerian scam
artists, and they are still sending me email advertising after opting
out several times.

Never again.

Amazon had led strips at a halfway decent price ~$20 for 6 feet
single color bare strips on a reel, and ~40 for RGB programmable
strips.
 
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:43:27 -0400, default wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:04:51 -0400, "Cliff H" <cknjsp@msn.com> wrote:

"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:slrnju4d59.2om.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net...
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q

I like! Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips? Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.


Ever been to Deal Extreme www.dx.com

I don't know about them. I got stuff I ordered in dribs and drabs
over a months time, had my email address sent to some Nigerian scam
artists, and they are still sending me email advertising after opting
out several times.
I ordered form DX a couple of weeks ago and almost instantly got an email
requesting that I scan both sides of my credit card and give them the first
three and last four digits of my SSN. The email almost beat the order
acknowledgement from DX itself (they had already charged my CC).

Never again.
Haven't heard anything from the scammers again but it'll probably go on
forever.

Amazon had led strips at a halfway decent price ~$20 for 6 feet
single color bare strips on a reel, and ~40 for RGB programmable
strips.
 
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:14:32 +1000, krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
<krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:43:27 -0400, default wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:04:51 -0400, "Cliff H" <cknjsp@msn.com> wrote:

"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:slrnju4d59.2om.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net...
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q

I like! Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips? Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.


Ever been to Deal Extreme www.dx.com

I don't know about them. I got stuff I ordered in dribs and drabs
over a months time, had my email address sent to some Nigerian scam
artists, and they are still sending me email advertising after opting
out several times.

I ordered form DX a couple of weeks ago and almost instantly got an email
requesting that I scan both sides of my credit card and give them the
first
three and last four digits of my SSN. The email almost beat the order
acknowledgement from DX itself (they had already charged my CC).

Never again.

Haven't heard anything from the scammers again but it'll probably go on
forever.

Amazon had led strips at a halfway decent price ~$20 for 6 feet
single color bare strips on a reel, and ~40 for RGB programmable
strips.
I've used DX for years and they have never passed my email onto anyone
else. Of late they are starting to almost spam me - about 1 email a
fortnight - I can live with that.


--
We have failed to address the fundamental truth that endless growth is
impossible in a finite world.
 
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:03:26 +1000, "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:14:32 +1000, krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:43:27 -0400, default wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:04:51 -0400, "Cliff H" <cknjsp@msn.com> wrote:

"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:slrnju4d59.2om.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net...
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q

I like! Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips? Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.


Ever been to Deal Extreme www.dx.com

I don't know about them. I got stuff I ordered in dribs and drabs
over a months time, had my email address sent to some Nigerian scam
artists, and they are still sending me email advertising after opting
out several times.

I ordered form DX a couple of weeks ago and almost instantly got an email
requesting that I scan both sides of my credit card and give them the
first
three and last four digits of my SSN. The email almost beat the order
acknowledgement from DX itself (they had already charged my CC).

Never again.

Haven't heard anything from the scammers again but it'll probably go on
forever.

Amazon had led strips at a halfway decent price ~$20 for 6 feet
single color bare strips on a reel, and ~40 for RGB programmable
strips.

I've used DX for years and they have never passed my email onto anyone
else. Of late they are starting to almost spam me - about 1 email a
fortnight - I can live with that.
It's not the spam that's the issue. It's the connection with scammers that
makes me nervous dealing with them anymore. If the scammers are reading their
email (or worse), I have no interest in doing business with them anymore. I
don't do business with crooks.
 
On Jun 20, 10:26 pm, "k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"
<k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:03:26 +1000, "David Eather" <eat...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:14:32 +1000, k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:43:27 -0400, default wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:04:51 -0400, "Cliff H" <ckn...@msn.com> wrote:

"notbob" <not...@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:slrnju4d59.2om.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net...
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombi...@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q

I like!  Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips?  Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.

Ever been to Deal Extremewww.dx.com

I don't know about them.  I got stuff I ordered in dribs and drabs
over a months time, had my email address sent to some Nigerian scam
artists, and they are still sending me email advertising after opting
out several times.

I ordered form DX a couple of weeks ago and almost instantly got an email
requesting that I scan both sides of my credit card and give them the
first
three and last four digits of my SSN.  The email almost beat the order
acknowledgement from DX itself (they had already charged my CC).

Never again.

Haven't heard anything from the scammers again but it'll probably go on
forever.

Amazon had led strips at a halfway decent price ~$20 for 6 feet
single color bare strips on a reel, and ~40 for RGB programmable
strips.

I've used DX for years and they have never passed my email onto anyone
else. Of late they are starting to almost spam me - about 1 email a
fortnight - I can live with that.

It's not the spam that's the issue.  It's the connection with scammers that
makes me nervous dealing with them anymore.  If the scammers are reading their
email (or worse), I have no interest in doing business with them anymore.  I
don't do business with crooks.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
It's more important to find a good vendor rather than a good deal.
(IMHO)

George H.
 
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:26:47 +1000, krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
<krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:03:26 +1000, "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:14:32 +1000, krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:43:27 -0400, default wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:04:51 -0400, "Cliff H" <cknjsp@msn.com> wrote:

"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:slrnju4d59.2om.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net...
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q

I like! Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips? Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.


Ever been to Deal Extreme www.dx.com

I don't know about them. I got stuff I ordered in dribs and drabs
over a months time, had my email address sent to some Nigerian scam
artists, and they are still sending me email advertising after opting
out several times.

I ordered form DX a couple of weeks ago and almost instantly got an
email
requesting that I scan both sides of my credit card and give them the
first
three and last four digits of my SSN. The email almost beat the order
acknowledgement from DX itself (they had already charged my CC).

Never again.

Haven't heard anything from the scammers again but it'll probably go on
forever.

Amazon had led strips at a halfway decent price ~$20 for 6 feet
single color bare strips on a reel, and ~40 for RGB programmable
strips.

I've used DX for years and they have never passed my email onto anyone
else. Of late they are starting to almost spam me - about 1 email a
fortnight - I can live with that.

It's not the spam that's the issue. It's the connection with scammers
that
makes me nervous dealing with them anymore. If the scammers are reading
their
email (or worse), I have no interest in doing business with them
anymore. I
don't do business with crooks.
I have dealt with them for years. I also see no evidence of a connection
of them with scammers. One of the problems humans have is that we often
draw connections between unrelated events.

I keep close track of who has what information by providing everyone I
deal with, with a unique version of my name. As I said I have no evidence
of DX dealing with scammers.
--
We have failed to address the fundamental truth that endless growth is
impossible in a finite world.
 
On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 07:36:53 +1000, "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:26:47 +1000, krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:03:26 +1000, "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:14:32 +1000, krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:43:27 -0400, default wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:04:51 -0400, "Cliff H" <cknjsp@msn.com> wrote:

"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:slrnju4d59.2om.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net...
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q

I like! Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips? Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.


Ever been to Deal Extreme www.dx.com

I don't know about them. I got stuff I ordered in dribs and drabs
over a months time, had my email address sent to some Nigerian scam
artists, and they are still sending me email advertising after opting
out several times.

I ordered form DX a couple of weeks ago and almost instantly got an
email
requesting that I scan both sides of my credit card and give them the
first
three and last four digits of my SSN. The email almost beat the order
acknowledgement from DX itself (they had already charged my CC).

Never again.

Haven't heard anything from the scammers again but it'll probably go on
forever.

Amazon had led strips at a halfway decent price ~$20 for 6 feet
single color bare strips on a reel, and ~40 for RGB programmable
strips.

I've used DX for years and they have never passed my email onto anyone
else. Of late they are starting to almost spam me - about 1 email a
fortnight - I can live with that.

It's not the spam that's the issue. It's the connection with scammers
that
makes me nervous dealing with them anymore. If the scammers are reading
their
email (or worse), I have no interest in doing business with them
anymore. I
don't do business with crooks.


I have dealt with them for years. I also see no evidence of a connection
of them with scammers. One of the problems humans have is that we often
draw connections between unrelated events.
The events *were* related. The scammers had my order information!

I keep close track of who has what information by providing everyone I
deal with, with a unique version of my name. As I said I have no evidence
of DX dealing with scammers.
Bought from them lately?
 
On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 07:36:53 +1000, "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au>
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:26:47 +1000, krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:03:26 +1000, "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:14:32 +1000, krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:43:27 -0400, default wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:04:51 -0400, "Cliff H" <cknjsp@msn.com> wrote:

"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
news:slrnju4d59.2om.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net...
On 2012-06-20, Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

http://www.thatscoolwire.com/?gclid=CNSmkbiu3bACFYFo4Aodsw253Q

I like! Thanks.

Got a link for programmable LED strips? Retail places like Adafruit
and Sparkfun want big $$$.


Ever been to Deal Extreme www.dx.com

I don't know about them. I got stuff I ordered in dribs and drabs
over a months time, had my email address sent to some Nigerian scam
artists, and they are still sending me email advertising after opting
out several times.

I ordered form DX a couple of weeks ago and almost instantly got an
email
requesting that I scan both sides of my credit card and give them the
first
three and last four digits of my SSN. The email almost beat the order
acknowledgement from DX itself (they had already charged my CC).

Never again.

Haven't heard anything from the scammers again but it'll probably go on
forever.

Amazon had led strips at a halfway decent price ~$20 for 6 feet
single color bare strips on a reel, and ~40 for RGB programmable
strips.

I've used DX for years and they have never passed my email onto anyone
else. Of late they are starting to almost spam me - about 1 email a
fortnight - I can live with that.

It's not the spam that's the issue. It's the connection with scammers
that
makes me nervous dealing with them anymore. If the scammers are reading
their
email (or worse), I have no interest in doing business with them
anymore. I
don't do business with crooks.


I have dealt with them for years. I also see no evidence of a connection
of them with scammers. One of the problems humans have is that we often
draw connections between unrelated events.

I keep close track of who has what information by providing everyone I
deal with, with a unique version of my name. As I said I have no evidence
of DX dealing with scammers.
I don't know...

I'm getting both phishing, and what appear to be legitimate spam from
them - legitimate only in the sense that it appears to be from deal
extreme, in spite of opting out.

I sent them an email and they sent me a separate opt out page that was
supposed to cut it out forever and from all categories, and it did for
a couple of months.

In my case I ordered from them and had a run of scam/spam from people
who seemed to know what I ordered. That died away and restarted with
a second order (the second had several items which were delivered
slowly over a period of a month, the digital caliper was late and
turned up at Harbor Freight for a dollar or two less before my order
appeared from DX).

Maybe your email has a good spam stopper. Mine just advises that it
appears to be phishing or from a spam/scam site then displays it.

I wouldn't say DX is the cause. They appear to be legitimate to me,
but they either have horrible security or employ people who sell email
addies on the side. Thankfully, pay pal hasn't been compromised.
 
--Another good source is www.coolneon.com They have discounts from
time to time too; there's one for bulk purchase, one for Burning Man and one
for their occasional Solder Fest or whatever it's called, where you can go
to the store (in Oakland, CA) and get a good tutorial on working with the
stuff.

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Steel, Stainless, Titanium:
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : Guaranteed Uncertified Welding!
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---
 
On 11/27/12 10:19 AM, steamer wrote:
--Another good source is www.coolneon.com They have discounts from
time to time too; there's one for bulk purchase, one for Burning Man and one
for their occasional Solder Fest or whatever it's called, where you can go
to the store (in Oakland, CA) and get a good tutorial on working with the
stuff.

5 months later, this is a good link. I'm actually close to Oakland, so
maybe I'll check them out in person.
Thanks.
 
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:19:46 -0600, steamer <steamer@sonic.net> wrote:

--Another good source is www.coolneon.com They have discounts from
time to time too; there's one for bulk purchase, one for Burning Man and one
for their occasional Solder Fest or whatever it's called, where you can go
to the store (in Oakland, CA) and get a good tutorial on working with the
stuff.
$100 for a RGB Led strip light, when the Amazon price is ~$30 with an
infrared controller.
 
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, default wrote:

On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:19:46 -0600, steamer <steamer@sonic.net> wrote:

--Another good source is www.coolneon.com They have discounts from
time to time too; there's one for bulk purchase, one for Burning Man and one
for their occasional Solder Fest or whatever it's called, where you can go
to the store (in Oakland, CA) and get a good tutorial on working with the
stuff.

$100 for a RGB Led strip light, when the Amazon price is ~$30 with an
infrared controller.

One of those places. The costs are high, but they may make it simpler for
you to buy a single item, or collect together things of a similar nature
that would otherwise cause you to shop at multiple outlets.

Even Edmund Scientific forty years ago was like that. IN some areas the
prices were great, some other thing weren't, but if you were building a
science project, it meant you could get everything from one place.

I once sent away for a catalog aimed at "audio snobs", thinking it might
be a source of parts. It wasn't, because they sold only high end
capacitors and the like (for that maximum high fidelity sound) and each
cost an arm and a leg. But you could buy in single quantities.

Michael
 
--Heh woulda posted sooner but I lost my connection to usenet when
Sonic dudded out..

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Steel, Stainless, Titanium:
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : Guaranteed Uncertified Welding!
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---
 
default wrote:
$100 for a RGB Led strip light, when the Amazon price is ~$30 with an
infrared controller.
--Gook to know! Does it have the same addressability?
--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Steel, Stainless, Titanium:
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : Guaranteed Uncertified Welding!
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---
 
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:29:28 -0600, steamer <steamer@sonic.net> wrote:

default wrote:
$100 for a RGB Led strip light, when the Amazon price is ~$30 with an
infrared controller.
--Gook to know! Does it have the same addressability?
From reading the descriptions the controllers have some preprogrammed
scripts they will do, and then you can only control rather large
segments individually.

That would be a "problem" in any case IMO. The strips are ~3/8" wide,
they'd need distributed controllers to decode serial data, and it's a
cinch they wouldn't run 100-300 traces and the connectors that would
take. Typically they run on 12V and put three leds in series with one
dropping resistor.

What I'm looking for is some Christmas lights using the leds that
change colors individually (pre programmed with a canned script)

Amazon is also representing sellers in China - another thing to be
aware of when dealing with them. China prices are generally lower,
but you have the hassle of a registered mail to sign for, long
delivery time, and royal pain in the butt to return defective parts.
I did see light strips by stateside sellers though.
 

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