Re: Little lights

Never heard of it before, or Maplin for that matter.  Thanks for the tip.
I'll grab some and see. I was hoping to run on battery power, but I can do
AC if necessary.   I found some of the wire at glowire.com.  I guess it's
time to dump some more cash into this damn project!

Thanks ellen
    --Pat

"ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> How about trying the electroluminescent wire that Maplin sells. You should
> be able to bend it into any shape or just paint out areas to get the
effect
> you need.
>
> Have not tried it myself though
>
> regards
>
>
> logan
>
> "Rheilly Phoull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Tapper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > I am trying to make lighted Christmas decorations for a dollhouse
> (1/12th
> > > scale). The smallest LEDs I have are too big, and the "microlamps"
from
> > > Radio Shack (cute little LED-sized filament bulb) are OK, but they're
> > > expensive (over $1 ea) and I think the heat would be a hazard. I want
> > > strings of lights to go around the edges of the roofs, around Santa
and
> > > Reindeer stand-ups, etc, just like on a real house.
> > >
> > > Power reqs aren't important: I can run on batteries, use the DC juice
in
> > the
> > > house now, or go AC.
> > >
> > > My DREAM is to make "icicle" lights, just like the ones that are so
> > popular
> > > now on real houses. I'm fiddling with fiber optic and clear heatshrink
> > > tubing but the fibers are too stiff when they're short: they won't
> dangle
> > > from eaves properly, although horizontal runs are OK.
> > >
> > > Any ideas for sources of strings of bitty little lights? Or fringes of
> > fiber
> > > optic?  I want authentic-looking decorations, so I'm trying to create
> > > hundreds of points of light. I get a nice effect from staggered fiber
in
> > > clear tubing but it's pretty time-consuming since I'm a beginner.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > --Pat
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > The SMD leds are pretty small :-)
> >
> > --
> > Regards ............... Rheilly Phoull
> >
> >
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