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Old 2nd Dec 2019, 11:42 am   #1
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Default Driving a piece of electroluminescent tape in lieu of a magic eye

Hello everyone,

I have a few shabbier radios which have magic eyes with zero emission, but which don't really merit spending a lot of money on a replacement.

A black void where the glow used to be looks rather sad.

So I thought of using a bit of EL tape in its place, masked to replicate the shape of the original eye's target. Not functional, purely for aesthetic reasons.

Q1. Can the lengths of EL tape available on eBay etc. be cut into multiple pieces, and each bit utilised?

Q2. What are the typical drive voltage requirements, and can this be obtained from a valve set without resorting to a separate transistorised driver?

Many thanks,

Nick.
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