NEOLINE - El Wire

About EL Technology:

It's all about luminescence! Luminescence results from the characteristics of certain substances emitting absorbed energy. The stimulation of luminescence by electricity is called electro luminescence (EL). EL commonly uses fluorescent compounds, luminophores, and phosphor compounds as light-emitting substances.( EL Technology is NOT radioactive )

EL was developed in 1936. Its use was confined primarily to laboratories until the early 1960s, when commercial applications such as illuminated aircraft dials were developed. EL has a number of advantages for specific commercial use:

* the light source is shadowless and homogeneous.
* it can be shaped to fit small and/or complex spaces.
* illumination is "cold"; and is insensitive to shock influences.

NEOLINE provides the following advantages over neon, LED and fiber optics:

Flexibility
Homogeneous light along the entire length
Low power consumption
Lower cost
Easy installation
Cool to the touch
Wide range of colors
Continuous length availability (from centimeters up to thousands of meters)
Support of battery power or regular electrical outlets
Suitable for ornaments and jewelry
Enables braiding or looping
Cool to the touch

The useful lifetime is up to thousands of hours, depending on the frequency and voltage inputs. Higher frequency and voltage create greater is the initial brightness, but greater wear on the wire, shortening its lifetime. The useful lifetime of NEOLINE is the amount of time it takes for the wire's brightness to diminish to 30% of its initial brightness. The NEOLINE wire dims very gradually with use, and continues to emit a dimmed light for a long time after its useful lifetime.