Talk:Electroluminescent wire

Merge discussion
The suggestion is to merge EL wire sequencer into this article as it makes sense to have two articles discussing about EL Wire to be in one place but different sections --Pavithran (talk) 03:52, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Good the way it is.
I suggest leaving them as separate articles, with each article referencing the other, as is already done. They really are two different subjects.Dratman (talk) 21:30, 2 November 2012 (UTC)


 * 1) == Picture and diagram ==
 * 2) Finally got off my duff and scraped together a picture and a diagram of how this stuff works Allyn (talk) 05:00, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Product history needed
hello. could someone provide information about... hm... what year this thing was invented/developed ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.31.118.254 (talk) 15:42, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Lightwire Theater
Used as an essential performance component by dancing group Lightwire Theater, seen on America's Got Talent. Probably not notable enough for WP, at least as yet. David Spector (user/talk) 18:37, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Service life
Does anyone know what the lifespan of EL wire is? How long is it before it fades/burns out? Is it hot? I'd like to carve grooves into a wooden shelf and glue EL wire into the grooves. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.164.205.103 (talk) 06:35, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

EL wire lifetime
Hi, in my own experience it lasts quite a long time (years) but only when driven within its very specific voltage and frequency ratings similar to EL sheet and the thinner material used in some watches.

The "knee" at least for EL wire is around 150-300 Hz but the more recent types can be pushed beyond that provided that it isn't continuous ie for an EL sequencer. High frequency *over time* wears out the wire faster due to heat, but more so that the TCO coating isn't intended to take high current and changes composition resulting in non emissive areas. I tested this experimentally with a "dead" sample of EL sheet and encapsulating it with a transparent conducting oxide from a split LCD screen restored nearly all its lost brightness in the short term. Direct contact isn't needed as induction transfer can occur as long as there isn't any air gap.

Also it appears that the early EL wires used a liquid colloidal conductor very much like PEDOT:PSS but more recent versions use ITO or some combination of the two, later multi core wires like "chasing" type use ATO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.111.195.136 (talk) 15:06, 23 August 2020 (UTC) Freshly peeled EL wire can exhibit a strange odor which goes off over time, and the section open to air quickly degrades.