If I have 30' of El Wire and 10' of lead (non EL) wire, does the driver need to be rated fo 30' or 40'?
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Phoenix
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Re: Quick EL Driver Question...
Wed, July 11, 2007 - 10:57 AM30'
the lead wire deosn't consume energy (save for a bit of resistance, before someone gets technical)
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Re: Quick EL Driver Question...
Wed, July 11, 2007 - 12:48 PMWhat Snowlover said....you could have 30' feet of lead wire and it wouldn't make a difference....well it might, but it should be negligible
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Re: Quick EL Driver Question...
Fri, July 13, 2007 - 9:45 AMAppreciate the responses!
As a follow-on question, for a drive rated at , say, 5-15 ft. would the driver still work with less than 5 ft. of EL wire? -
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Re: Quick EL Driver Question...
Fri, July 13, 2007 - 9:57 AMyes and no.
Yes it would work, however, depending on how much less than the rating, you run the risk of overheating the driver. (this is also why you should never leave power applied to your drivers if there is no wire attached.)
Just keep the wire at 5ft, and hide the extra loops somewhere 'behind the scenes'
on the other hand, If you end up trimming things to 4.86 feet for some reason, I wouldn't stress over it.
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