Expected life of El'wire?

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

My buddy Bryan brought me some flatbed scanners to scrap out. (too much plastic for standard recycling)

Among the really nice steppers and parts I gleaned, I pull two really nice dual el'wire setups from the lids
of two of the units. (Looks like they were designed for lighting negatives from above the scanner.)

Each set has a nice 12v step up supply and two wires (bright white!)

I'm curious if anyone knows the expected life of these? I assume they are for short term use given
what they were originally used for. They generate quite a bit of heat.

Shall I bring some stepper motors to UPEW? [noparse]:)[/noparse]

OBC

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Kenny Gardner

All the El wire I have went to half brightness in 6 months.

I've given up on them if that's as long as they last.

Kenny

Peter KG6LSE

are you shure there EL .. I have only seen CCFTs in flatbeds.. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

I use the CCFT ones for 12V mobile strip lights for field day ...
Peter KG6LSE

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Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

After comparing some images from Google, I do believe you are right!

Thank you! I do know the expected life of a typical CCFT and these should come in handy in a project or two.

OBC

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