I can do white numbers but not on a white face obviously :) Then you can use EL wire as suggested, or use globe covers or coloured leds to change the light colour.
Those strips of wire that glow blue, green, red etc
People put them in their computers to give them an internal glow etc instead of those neon tubes. Go to www.trademe.co.nz and search for 'EL Wire' and you'll see what I mean. They're 12V, and basically are just one very thin and long light bulb.
Paradoxx wrote:excuse my ignorance but what is EL lighting?
EL is an abbreviation for electro-luminescent. Most commonly used as backlighting for LCDs in everything from watches to stereos. It first came out as small panels (EL Panel). The advantage the EL had when it first came out (many moons ago) was that you could have a rectangular glowing panel without having to use globes and clever reflectors and stuff. Needs some tricky voltages, but nowadays that's all taken care of transparently.
The disadvantage is that it has a half-life (well it did back in the days when I was buggerising around with it, anyway). After x amount of time, the brightness would decrease by half. So after 2 x, the brightness is 1/4 of the original. Eventually it gets so dim that it needs to be replaced.
Starion nutter since 1988...
1983 JA, 1984 JA, 1985 JB (all rego'd, all running :D )
yeah,I have 2 EL guages in my car, and it just gets too bright at night..:S dunno bout the 1/2 life, Ive had my boost guage for over a year and it is fine...
Not bad at all, 98 windows-decent plotter-signwizard 7-8
man Ive weeded large areas of vinyl with about that size font for weeks
on end and it really drives you C.R.A.Z.Y.
As for other gauges and fasia`s this guy could do it, hell I do atlest 1.5 hours of forrinersevery day.
Cheers: Phil.
