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Just finished up this collaborative project with my mate, 
static418 - it is a test version of a light up tail. The test run was a great success; the tail is very bright and fluffy and seems to be pretty durable thus far.
Battery is a rechargable battery, hidden in a pocket in the base of the tail.
We are taking commissions of these - currently only with blue lights (we can get other colors, but it will cost a bit more). It is recommended that the lights go through white fur, but we can do other colors as well; the lights just will not be as bright. Tails like this start at $100 for a 2 foot long tail including the curve. Price goes up based on length/complexity.
Send me an email at wolfeh[at]wolfehworks.com for a quote!
Commissions open: http://www.wolfehworks.com/
Check static418's light up products here: http://www.furrycircuits.com/
static418 - it is a test version of a light up tail. The test run was a great success; the tail is very bright and fluffy and seems to be pretty durable thus far.Battery is a rechargable battery, hidden in a pocket in the base of the tail.
We are taking commissions of these - currently only with blue lights (we can get other colors, but it will cost a bit more). It is recommended that the lights go through white fur, but we can do other colors as well; the lights just will not be as bright. Tails like this start at $100 for a 2 foot long tail including the curve. Price goes up based on length/complexity.
Send me an email at wolfeh[at]wolfehworks.com for a quote!
Commissions open: http://www.wolfehworks.com/
Check
static418's light up products here: http://www.furrycircuits.com/
Category Photography / Fursuit
Species Husky
Size 933 x 696px
File Size 1.28 MB
They're rated for several thousand hours, and we test the strips before we put them in. Each strip is made up of something like 28 LEDs, 2 strips per tail. In the very unlikely event that a single LED died, you wouldn't be able to replace that single one. The whole strip would have to be swapped. That's as easy as undoing the seams at the end of the tail, detaching the strip, and re-attaching a new one though. It would be covered under warranty excluding obvious abuse, we'd do it free of charge. The strips are nearly waterproof, though, and extremely flexible.
This isn't EL wire though :3 I have that too, and it works pretty well. It's just wise not to mount it where it will flex excessively. If you keep stress off the connector, and don't run it on a joint, it'll last for a very long time. These LEDs though are held together with flexible strip board and covered in some sort of silicone looking seal. The fur on your tail will wear out before the lights do hehe.
Running LEDs behind resistors and regulators doesn't gain you battery life, it just loses you efficiency. All my projects are designed to run as close to the actual voltage of the battery as possible. My LED paws don't even require resistors, I chose LEDs which run comfortably at the 3.7 volts of a LiPo battery. Same with this tail: the LED strips are designed to take 12 volts, or I can run them off an 11.1 volt battery without losing much brightness. Whatever works for you though. Having everything run off a single power source can be convenient.
Can do it with pretty much any tail. We can make you a tail 15 feet long if you really want. The price just varies accordingly :3c
Seriously though, the two biggest factors are what color you want the fur to be, and the unavoidable fact that a the more LEDs you add, you either need a bigger battery or it won't last quite as long.
Seriously though, the two biggest factors are what color you want the fur to be, and the unavoidable fact that a the more LEDs you add, you either need a bigger battery or it won't last quite as long.
Wow nice work. Just be very careful about your heat calculations hiding rechargeable batteries that get hot inside a insulated pocket like that. Liability can be pretty big if there is the possibility something could catch on fire. You never know how long people will be using these sort of things or how it will fair over time.
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