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Flipping awesome, Hurricane! What is the size of that figure, and the cathode? Very cool pic! -Eric

Yes, the cold cathode tubes (while brighter and already rigid) do require a lot more power, plus I think the longest they come in is 15". You can power 30' of EL wire with a 9 volt battery. And in addition to a greater range of colors with EL wire, the colors tend to be much richer than those...

I stuffed some 2.5mm aqua wire into the tubing to see how it would look.. it might be okay for this mini-saber project, but really wasn't as rigid enough to be perfect. I think a slightly thicker tubing with the same size bore would work nicely though. Here are some pictures:

Hello, Eric here from NeonString.com All EL wire drivers make that high-pitched sound, some to a lesser degree than others, but it is always there. This driver: https://www.neonstring.com/cart/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=117 is not too loud, and it can power 30 feet of el wire...