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At SolstiCon 2012, the theme was "glowy". I bought and put up 3 UV fixtures (off-screen, and off), and put up almost 100 feet of el wire. I also placed glowy things all over, most of which had expired by the time this photo was taken. The glowy fairie bells, the glow balls, the glow squares. Even the fish tanks have glow-in-the-dark gravel in the bottom (see the white?).
It was an amazing party. And I remember most of it. ;)
That double-glow you see on some shelves is just the 'projection' of the glow through the curvy glass shelves onto the back wall.
© me. HDR by Photomatix Essentials
Art on screen created by sixthleafclover, © me (no, really, I paid for 'dem rights). Original post: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9101665/
EDIT: bah, wrong pic. This one washed out the tv screen too much. I'll find the right one and change it later.
Camera: Sony DSC-H20, multiple durations
It was an amazing party. And I remember most of it. ;)
That double-glow you see on some shelves is just the 'projection' of the glow through the curvy glass shelves onto the back wall.
© me. HDR by Photomatix Essentials
Art on screen created by sixthleafclover, © me (no, really, I paid for 'dem rights). Original post: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9101665/
EDIT: bah, wrong pic. This one washed out the tv screen too much. I'll find the right one and change it later.
Camera: Sony DSC-H20, multiple durations
Category Photography / Still Life
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 961px
File Size 137.2 kB
It's a subreddit where people post pictures of their computer setups. Yours is pretty good. No flashy 5-monitor stuffs, but it looks pretty good with a wall-mounted monitor and LED-lit shelves surrounding it with various dragon statues and an Aperature Science Hand-Held Portal Device replica. I applaud your setup!
I've been wanting to do something like this for a long time, but couldn't find the right lighting fixture and rope lighting looked a bit cheesy...I had not heard of El wire. Does it have a good lifespan and low electricity use? I shall have learn more about it. Cool pics.
Lifespan -- not sure. I've only had it since December. But it's zero-heat (great for costumes!), and flexible. It's not good for outdoor use, though (they recommend against it). So far it seems like it's the same brightness, but I don't have a meter or anything to verify.
It consumes power based on the length. The unit that feeds the 3 shelf wires and the long box-wire up above and the mantle wire (box-looking loop) -- that's about 100 feet worth of wire -- is a 12V unit that pulls less than 1.5 amps. I have a WattsUp somewhere I can hook up and get real numbers. They have battery packs, too, for portable setups (such as in costumes, which I've done before).
It's expensive, though. 5x 15 foot wires, plus inverter, will run you about $170 (see http://www.thatscoolwire.com/ where I bought mine). On the plus side, you can get drivers that flash, change brightness, and respond to sound (upgrades available).
There's a hum in the inverter. I don't know why. I put mine into a styrofoam box thing that was insulation for some other gadget I bought. I poked holes in it for the power and lead wires, and a few extra for ventilation, and I can't hear it at all now. My unit had a fan in it, and the fan is noisy at first (even through the box), but calms down after a while. Probably easy to replace, I just haven't bothered.
I use a separate inverter for the tron-like panels (also flexible). That also hums a little, but not as loud (lower draw, I guess?).
It consumes power based on the length. The unit that feeds the 3 shelf wires and the long box-wire up above and the mantle wire (box-looking loop) -- that's about 100 feet worth of wire -- is a 12V unit that pulls less than 1.5 amps. I have a WattsUp somewhere I can hook up and get real numbers. They have battery packs, too, for portable setups (such as in costumes, which I've done before).
It's expensive, though. 5x 15 foot wires, plus inverter, will run you about $170 (see http://www.thatscoolwire.com/ where I bought mine). On the plus side, you can get drivers that flash, change brightness, and respond to sound (upgrades available).
There's a hum in the inverter. I don't know why. I put mine into a styrofoam box thing that was insulation for some other gadget I bought. I poked holes in it for the power and lead wires, and a few extra for ventilation, and I can't hear it at all now. My unit had a fan in it, and the fan is noisy at first (even through the box), but calms down after a while. Probably easy to replace, I just haven't bothered.
I use a separate inverter for the tron-like panels (also flexible). That also hums a little, but not as loud (lower draw, I guess?).
It can be done. :) Watch their video. Layout the design with yarn on a shirt. You will need to know the exact lengths of each length of elwire.
A few things to note:
*) it is cold to the touch. No fear of burn-in, or scorching your fabric, or catching fire, or any of that stuff
*) thinner is dimmer, but more flexible. There's a maximum bend that is less the thicker you go. You can see in the corners of the shelves that the wire couldn't quite make the bend without curving a fair amount -- that's 2.6mm wire.
*) the elwire has a free end. It doesn't not need to loop back and complete a circuit.
*) the elwire can be pretty much any length
*) a belt-mounted driver would be the way to go for your shirt. Some of their drivers are also battery packs, some of their drivers need a separate battery pack. They have drivers that will alter dimness, flash at different speeds, and some are even sound-responsive.
*) The drivers are noisy. They buzz. The amount of buzz seems to be proportional to the brightness, and to the total length of wire.
*) one driver can drive up to 5 separate strings. They have 3-foot unlit extenders so that the beginning of any string can be pretty much anywhere on your body. The driver is sized based on the total length of string to light.
*) you will save some money by doing your own soldering/connector stuff, but you're probably better off having them do it, as they will test it (although I did once get a strand that was DOA .. they replaced it).
A few things to note:
*) it is cold to the touch. No fear of burn-in, or scorching your fabric, or catching fire, or any of that stuff
*) thinner is dimmer, but more flexible. There's a maximum bend that is less the thicker you go. You can see in the corners of the shelves that the wire couldn't quite make the bend without curving a fair amount -- that's 2.6mm wire.
*) the elwire has a free end. It doesn't not need to loop back and complete a circuit.
*) the elwire can be pretty much any length
*) a belt-mounted driver would be the way to go for your shirt. Some of their drivers are also battery packs, some of their drivers need a separate battery pack. They have drivers that will alter dimness, flash at different speeds, and some are even sound-responsive.
*) The drivers are noisy. They buzz. The amount of buzz seems to be proportional to the brightness, and to the total length of wire.
*) one driver can drive up to 5 separate strings. They have 3-foot unlit extenders so that the beginning of any string can be pretty much anywhere on your body. The driver is sized based on the total length of string to light.
*) you will save some money by doing your own soldering/connector stuff, but you're probably better off having them do it, as they will test it (although I did once get a strand that was DOA .. they replaced it).
See this comment. Although that inverter has since burned out. It actually melted! They sent me a newer, and much better model. Also much less noisy! Almost silent.
The el-wire is flexible, I just taped it to the edge of the shelves with scotch tape (which needs to be reapplied at the corners -- didn't do a few of them very well). The Tron-panels are flexible also, and are affixed to the walls by little velcro dots. There's a wire that runs from the panels along the edge of the fireplace and back to the inverter -- that wire is hidden by thin strips of white duct tape. The curvy shelves I got from Lowes and Home Depot.
The el-wire is flexible, I just taped it to the edge of the shelves with scotch tape (which needs to be reapplied at the corners -- didn't do a few of them very well). The Tron-panels are flexible also, and are affixed to the walls by little velcro dots. There's a wire that runs from the panels along the edge of the fireplace and back to the inverter -- that wire is hidden by thin strips of white duct tape. The curvy shelves I got from Lowes and Home Depot.
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