EL Panels?

FrizzleFried

Well-known member

Donor 2011
Joined
Mar 20, 2007
Messages
54,193
Reaction score
5,245
Location
NAMPA, Idaho
Anyone have an "IN" with someone who sells A6 sized EL Panels? Glowhut.com has them for $20 each, but I need 4 for my 4-panel Neo-Geo... and $80.00 is about twice what i'd be willing to pay for a nice glowing set of panels...

Anyone?
 
Welcome to the annoying world of Neo Geo lighting issues. You definitely aren't the first to search for a cheap EL solution. Someone at NG.com was working on an LED replacement (IIRC it was LED...lost the URL), but it was still going to cost some bucks. There is no cheap/easy way right now to utilize the system's cool "one mini-marquee lit at a time" feature. Some people give up and just stick a normal lamp back there, illuminating the entire thing and being done with it.
 
Welcome to the annoying world of Neo Geo lighting issues. You definitely aren't the first to search for a cheap EL solution. Someone at NG.com was working on an LED replacement (IIRC it was LED...lost the URL), but it was still going to cost some bucks. There is no cheap/easy way right now to utilize the system's cool "one mini-marquee lit at a time" feature. Some people give up and just stick a normal lamp back there, illuminating the entire thing and being done with it.


Yeah... the EL's come to $80+... the LED replacement is gunna be $200!!

I really would prefer to light them up correctly but I have a hard time justifying $80 on a cab I paid $175 total for... :)

I'll probably end up doing it though... kicking and screaming...
 
I got lucky and replaced mine with some NOS ones. I did a lot of research on this before I found mine. There isn't the perfect all in one solution.

EDIT: I guess these are the ones you are considering? http://www.luminousfilm.com/item/A6-Parallel-Electrode-with-Leads-White-140

Yeah, but www.glowhut.com has both that size and a cutable A6 that you can trim to make it proper size... but one is $20 and the other is $21.50 each. The link above is the cheapest i've seen at $18.56...
 
Back
Top Bottom