{"id":5038,"date":"2010-12-08T11:07:52","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T16:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/?p=5038"},"modified":"2010-12-08T11:07:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T16:07:57","slug":"how-to-use-el-electro-luminescent-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/how-to-use-el-electro-luminescent-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use EL (Electro Luminescent) Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/el_wire.jpg\" alt=\"el_wire.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nA primer on how to wire and use Electroluminescent wire&#8230;  EL Wire, also known as Electroluminescent wire, is a stiff wire core coated with phosphor and then covered with a protective PVC sheath. When an AC signal is applied to it, it glows an aqua (blue green) color. Sometimes its covered with a colored plastic shell to make it appear another color. It looks a little like thin neon. Very bendable, it keeps its shape and you can curl it around your finger. Its an easy way to add some glow to a project, not as bright as LEDs but uses a lot less power!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s often used for costuming, decoration, accent lighting, safety vests, bicycle\/motorcycle\/car\/boat\/home decoration, signs, etc. It&#8217;s definitely the most popular wearable electronics we&#8217;ve seen since its so easily to use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladyada.net\/learn\/el-wire\/\">How to use EL (Electro Luminescent) Wire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A primer on how to wire and use Electroluminescent wire&#8230; EL Wire, also known as Electroluminescent wire, is a stiff wire core coated with phosphor and then covered with a protective PVC sheath. When an AC signal is applied to it, it glows an aqua (blue green) color. Sometimes its covered with a colored plastic <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/how-to-use-el-electro-luminescent-wire\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[27,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5038"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The constant WPCACHEHOME must be set in the file wp-config.php and point at the WP Super Cache plugin directory. -->