its quite correct to say "its wrong to spend money on something in order to win a contest! " but since its only 250 dollars, i doubt there will be few people doing that. i am guessing that the people who are entering have been intrigued with starting a project and just needed a little something to pull them out of their inertia. i am planning a project that will involved el wire. ( i have ALWAYS loved that neon lighting, and now its the TRON visual effect) however, my plans will just be starting as the voting is concluded. but thats okay for me because it will give me ideas on how to make my project better.

Share promo codes!

Red Green Blue   3m for 10 dollars shipping included // 12v includes inverter.

Order soon or it won't arrive before the contest is up!

somebody better make a sweet tron legacy costume using el tape ID disc included

The abundant source of EL wire on the cheap could be right around the net, ebay. They have lots of wire, from China and Hong Kong. 3M for £3.50.

Its kind of like gambling, you hope that your instructable, involving El wire, that you spent money, on will win. Simple as that.

They want us to buy their product so we can win their product? This is shameless and deceitful. BLEACK! If I want to purchase their product I will, I'm not going to purchase it to win a contest.

I do not have EL wire!!!

I have a lot of experience working with EL wire, and it is certainly more expensive that other popular lighting methods like LEDs or CCFLs. If you're going to do a job, do it right, I suggest using hi-brightness wire, which generally runs around $1.30-1.50/foot. On top of using hi-brightness, go for a relatively high frequency if you can, around 5000Hz or higher. Though they are not the absolute lowest price for raw materials, I suggest using http://shopping.netsuite.com/coolneonstore since they have everything needed to get a project done within the same shipment. The wires are fairly difficult to manufacture due to how complex their construction is: copper wire, paint coating, insulating layer, corona wires, secondary protective layer, and shell, all within 2.5 or 3.2mm, so the high cost is justified.

I need Promo Codes to buy more elwire,

Great. The -last- thing I need is another project. I hope you people are happy, now I have even -more-work to do.

I wonder if ebay has any el wire and a perfect entry for this would be a homemade driver for el wire

I have some on order that cost 99 cents per foot.

It can be as expensive as you make it to be. You can get a bright 4 foot piece with a driver for under $20. It may not sound like much, but I've seen people do some cool stuff with even that.

i dooooo