Electroluminescent wire

[elementcollector1]

Okay, so I'm building a replica of the Portal Device from Portal. The thing is, for the lighting in the middle of the gun, I need EL wire. Unfortunately, I understand next to nothing about EL wire.

Some questions I have are:

Can a 9V or less battery make the wire emit enough visible light?

Does the wire need an AC power source to work?

Can the wire be hooked up to a simple circuit?

Any help is much appreciated.

[swansont]

You can run some of them off of two AA batteries. It depends on the length.

Example http://www.elbestbuy.com/shleofremali.html

[elementcollector1]

The most I should be using is 3 feet.

So, that would be 3 volts total?

[elementcollector1]

Actually, I found a much cheaper and simpler solution, so thanks anyway.

By the way, this topic can be closed now.

Edited August 3, 2011 by elementcollector1