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Cutting EL Panel
don.r:
I purchased a small EL panel and was wondering is there are any recommendations on the best way to crop it to size. Its both a little tall and long for my application. Obviously I need to center the cropping on the pins. Anything else I need to worry about?
Gyro:
At a guess... Atmospheric moisture ingress and possible delamination, causing degradation of the phosphor around the edge. Also the possibility of creating localised shorts between the upper and lower conductors.
I don't know for sure but I think they are edge sealed.
don.r:
I could mitigate the environmental effects by sealing the cuts in Scotch tape.
m3vuv:
don.r:
I temporarily attached the new panel to the device and the light output is still very low. I measured the voltage from the driver and its only 16VAC rather than the 75VAC it should be. Looks like its the driver (a self-contained piece of unobtainium) rather than the panel. I'll hack in a modern driver and see if it works.
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