Need Help Identifying / finding more mystery glowing plasticq ?

1971FIATSS

I bought a set of neon glow pedals for a car I had a few years back made by apc. They were just simple blue glowing electric pedals with the same black box as a neon for 12 v would have on it . To make a long story short car accident left one not working so i took it apart to see if I could fix it. I found out the only thing that made it glow was a few layers of "plastic" with a circuit board imprinted between the layers and only at at a very thin point would the proper connection could be made the "plastic would glow blue" (1-2 layers of clear packing tape thick). My mind is going crazy with things I could make if I knew what it was and where to get it. Any idea's or info would be killer. So far from google I think it is some kinda Electroluminescent Plastic

RickH

Not sure wher to get the plastic but hear is a driver chip for it. May give ya a clue to wher to find it.
http://www.electronics-project-design.com/ElectroluminescentLighting.html

MSDTech

This sounds like an electrolumenescent panel. It is a phosphor layer between two conductors, one of which is clear. When you apply a high voltage AC signal across the phosphor it will glow. These are very popular with model railroades for making various "neon" signs. You can but an entire kit with a panel and the exciting electronics at:
http://www.microstru.com/Experimenter-Kits.html
They have panels in various sizes and they can be cut to fit, as long as you leave one of the connection points on the final panel.

Chris Savage

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