Cabin forward building - EL lighting
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:43 am
If someone is interested in the EL lighting I'd recommend the blue-green
$89. light strip from http://steinair.com
If you plan to cut it or also want a square panel of the stuff then the
$75. sample kit from http://www.e-lite.com/ is the way to go which is
what I did. Their site has a very good description of what EL lighting
is. I added a homemade dimmer based on a LM317 as described on the
aeroelectric site for a couple of bucks. One caveat is that although you
can cut the stuff to different sizes and shapes you must specify the 12
volt DC inverter for the total square inches to be used. For example I
think the inverter that they supplied to me is rated for 30 to 37 square
inches of material connected to it which is perfect if using most of the
1" x 36" strip. Oh and that 1" strip of illumination is really 1.25" wide.
Ken
Alan Hepburn wrote:
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$89. light strip from http://steinair.com
If you plan to cut it or also want a square panel of the stuff then the
$75. sample kit from http://www.e-lite.com/ is the way to go which is
what I did. Their site has a very good description of what EL lighting
is. I added a homemade dimmer based on a LM317 as described on the
aeroelectric site for a couple of bucks. One caveat is that although you
can cut the stuff to different sizes and shapes you must specify the 12
volt DC inverter for the total square inches to be used. For example I
think the inverter that they supplied to me is rated for 30 to 37 square
inches of material connected to it which is perfect if using most of the
1" x 36" strip. Oh and that 1" strip of illumination is really 1.25" wide.
Ken
Alan Hepburn wrote:
Mike:
There's a picture of my panel in the archives, (E Panels/Panel FGAH), plus I
just uploaded one of the nose section under construction to E Fuselage,
which may help.
On the panel glare shield, you could trim the nose top skin off flush aft of
the panel, or let it protrude and roll it round as advised by Ralph, but I
went a little further, and it worked out really nice (IMHO!), as shown in
the picture. Trim it flush with the panel, then build a fiberglass
glareshield that protrudes aft about 2", and down about an inch. Curve the
edges nicely so if your head hits it, you don't do too much damage (to the
head!). Paint it matt black. Then install one of those electroluminescent
lighting strips (e.g. www.aeroenhancements.com) under the glareshield where
you can't see it, but it provides nice uniform illumination to the entire
panel.
Hope this helps.
Al
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