[geeks] Everyone needs one :)

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Kurt Huhn wrote:

>"Chris Byrne" <chris at chrisbyrne.com> wrote:
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>>No linkage at the moment but if you check out the case modders sites
>>they sell it there. They also have it at riceboy cars sites.
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>>In terms of the how to make it glow that's easy CCF's are kind of like a
>>cross between neon lights, and those cheap glow lanmps you used to buy
>>at novelty gift stores ;-) Basically they don't require a ballast or
>>high voltage transformer.
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>I though it might be a CCF, but that stuff requires more power than a single
>9v battery, doesn't it?  It doesn't appear as if the insides of his sabers
>are large enough to house an invertor for CCF either.  And I would be
>concerned that a CCF would be prone to breakage - being constructed of glass
>like a flourescent bulb IIRC.
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>Also, the close up at:
>http://www.parksabers.com/rogue.html
>doesn't appear to be a CCF.  The actual lamp is hidden, of course, but it
>seems to me that the CCFs I've handled didn't look like that.
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>I had a though earlier today that it must be the 'glow wire' stuff, probably
>a dual core or heavy guage version so that it gets very bright.  You could
>frost the inside of the polycarbonate, or line it with white sheet plastic
>or paper, so that you couldn't see the wire, but still let tons of light
>through.  Invertors for that stuff is also quite small and inexpensive -
>readily available for 3, 6, 9, and 12v power sources.
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>Or am I completely off base?
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Someone at work has one (maybe not from teh same guy, but pretty close). 
Did you want me to see if he can bring it in for pictures?

shawn