bignickwaite

Hey i found this on you tube I thought it was awesome and I wanna do it...lol
any suggestions?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtHv__2g5ZA

945LSTANG

thats pretty cool. i have no clue how you could rig it up though.

cliffyk

electroluminescent film (tape) -- Google it...

This is just plain ol' reflective tape (a very dark brown in daylight, lights up pretty bright in other people's headlamps):

bignickwaite

I dunno man it looks like it lights up with the breaklights? So is it powered or is it just reflective? I googled it and was trying to figure out how he did it and which what product i cant find nothing...lol

cliffyk

The video shows electroluminescent film--it is "powered". My image is just plain old reflective tape.

If you Google "electroluminescent film" you'll get a thousands of hits--there is no rocket science involved, just a basic understanding of Ohm's law. You cut the stuff to the size, pieces/parts, you want and wire it up to a +12V source using appropriately selected current limiting resistors to make it light up and not burn out...

bignickwaite

nevermind found it lol...now i just have to figure out how to was made to fit in the shape of the letters im guessing it was custom made?

cliffyk

Scissors...

bignickwaite

Yea but it comes in rolls all the rolls have wires in them and of not hooked up to the compasitors I don't think they will work. Like i said Im trying to figure this out..lol..Found a local company that does it so im gonna ride down there on Monday see what they charge.

cliffyk

Of course it has "wires", how else would the power get to it--it's is easy stuff to work with though, do some more research before you pay someone else to do it for you...

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As an aside, what the heck is a "compasitor"...

bignickwaite

center picture: http://lighttape.co.uk/?content=tapeandcut

theres your compasitor