Hello,
I'm starting a project involving el-wire and I'm looking for some advice. I'd like to make a circuit that I can plug into a 110V AC wall outlet that will send the 110V to the +/- of a strand of el-wire, and that will allow me to vary the frequency from the default 60Hz to anywhere in the range of 100-4000Hz. If it's too complicated to make the frequency variable, I'd be happy if I could have it run at a static 2000Hz (the frequency adjustment would just be to experiment with brightness). I could (and may) buy a commercial el-wire driver to do this, but I would like to know how to do it myself so that I can make the el-wire driver as small as possible. Having a low risk of blowing up or starting fires would be a plus .
I've seen a few posts that are similar to this one but I haven't been able to piece any practical information together from them given my limited experience with circuits.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I'm starting a project involving el-wire and I'm looking for some advice. I'd like to make a circuit that I can plug into a 110V AC wall outlet that will send the 110V to the +/- of a strand of el-wire, and that will allow me to vary the frequency from the default 60Hz to anywhere in the range of 100-4000Hz. If it's too complicated to make the frequency variable, I'd be happy if I could have it run at a static 2000Hz (the frequency adjustment would just be to experiment with brightness). I could (and may) buy a commercial el-wire driver to do this, but I would like to know how to do it myself so that I can make the el-wire driver as small as possible. Having a low risk of blowing up or starting fires would be a plus .
I've seen a few posts that are similar to this one but I haven't been able to piece any practical information together from them given my limited experience with circuits.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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