EL wiring for a model car

[987654321a]

hey guys i had a couple of questions on how to add el wire to a model car on the bottom of it to make it look like it has neon lights. i am totally confused as to how to do it. and any advice is apreciated. i have a battery holder 4khz inverter and a switch and some el wire. please help. here are some pics of the car itself.


here it is with everything on it cept the wheels


here it is with the top off


here is a pic of the bottom


here is a pic of my lefotover el wire


here is a pic of what it will look like with the wire.

[james3]

Thread it glue it and wire it up. It should look pretty neat.

[987654321a]

well thats the thing lol i dont know how to wire it up, unless i was using a mono plug/jack combo

[Do-Clo]

connect it right to the inverter and skip the jack

[james3]

One wite wire to the solid and one white wire to the stranded.

[987654321a]

i tried that but it didnt work

edit. ok here are pics of my setup NOTE: the switch is SPDT

[Do-Clo]

make sure the other end of the el wire is not shorted where you cut it

[987654321a]

its not, but i just cant get it to work

[james3]

You may want to try to solder to two studs next to each other instead of leaving the one in the middle open.

[Do-Clo]

Good call James I didn't notice that one