Electro Luminescent Dash

[dspithaler@...]

Pete Unless I'm color blind I think mine are a shade of green. More like
some radio faces. I just had mine on tonight but I'll look at them tomorrow
night. I do know they are really nice even though I don't do a lot of night
driving. I did have some trouble with my bottom dash lighting last year which I
thought it was the inverters. It just fixed its self. I had a speedometer
that wasn't working all the time & I found a lose wire on it & both has been
working every since.
Don
89 SP 36'
Butler, PA

I believe that all the EL panels are "baby blue"*... I know, the
first time I drove my new-to-me 'bird in the dark (about my 4th day
of ownership) it took my breath away when I turned on the lights at
dusk ... and as it got darker, the panel's glow became obvious.

Taking a photo will prove difficult. Most cameras won't do very well
with the darkness -- and using a flash will make the panel look just
like it does in the daylight. A sophisticated camera with a long-
exposure (using a tripod or other arrangement to hold the camera
still) might be able to create a hint of the effect ... but human
vision in a dark setting is what's really necessary.

Indeed, the first night time use, I found I had to turn the intensity
way down, otherwise it was simply too distracting. Now that I'm more
used to it, I can stop looking at the panel and pay some attention to
the road.

So... my assessment -- it's "cool."






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