An LED whip for us hi viz peeps

The-Bookworm said:
These are a cheaper alternative.

https://www.google.com/shopping/product/1?q=lightsaber&client=ms-android-sonymobile&bih=512&biw=360&hl=en&tbs=cat:3627,pdtr0:989290|989292,vw:g,init_ar:SgVKAwirHEoKUggI6rA8IOywPEoHsgQECJivIA==,ss:44&prds=num:1,of:1,epd:10627854555182417444,paur:ClkAsKraX5fvt4ACue48uSoGSRXb4rMaSHAytOs9oTfOs2E9rwpP5ZGxdjNjI2ZvocyIqTk-hskGiqJcm4k8W1B7rXBycZLrx5x2OtUmgPFrdvjHbooEv6QEQBIZAFPVH70m_KFxvIFdLihvYdJkPa9w0ZzO1w,prmr:1,pid:10627854555182417444,cs:1
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But that’s just a toy light sabre? That’s no use as a whip.

I am quite happy to stump up the cost for one, but I am hoping that it is not just a regular schooling whip with electroluminescent wire cable tied on - OH could have done that for me. IMHO it doesn’t seem unduly expensive, but I will report back on that when I receive it :).

ETA I’ve just had a delivery notification - it should be arriving tomorrow.
 
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Ooh, I like it! I've always wondered why there's not many flourescent dressage whips, definitely a gap in the market.

Oof, £35 though... Let me know when they're having a half price sale, I'll stick with the strip of yellow tied to the end of my whip for now.
 
EL wire is great stuff, but if I remember rightly, it needs more than just a battery to supply electricity. The electricity needs to be AC at a frequency tuned to the length of the EL wire. So often you'll find a specific length (for example 1m, 3m or 5m) with a little battery holder containing a circuit tuned to suit the length of EL wire.
 
Keith_Beef said:
EL wire is great stuff, but if I remember rightly, it needs more than just a battery to supply electricity. The electricity needs to be AC at a frequency tuned to the length of the EL wire. So often you'll find a specific length (for example 1m, 3m or 5m) with a little battery holder containing a circuit tuned to suit the length of EL wire.
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That looks like what I'm seeing on Amazon. 3m seems to be the standard. Oh I'm getting all sorts of ideas now :oops::D
 
rosemary28 said:
Actually I would love a light up driving whip. That way people might notice when I signal that we're turning right and not try to shoot past us into oncoming traffic...!

*scuttles off to see if anyone does one or if I can make mine light up*
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I've got a longer whip I use for road driving, I might see if I can adapt mine. I used to have loads of the wire that KB mentions and it was wrapped all round the bars of the carriage.
 
I've got some EL wire that I bought a while ago for experimenting... the battery and driver circuit boxes are a bit bulky, though.

I've just been looking at the data sheet for the Supertex HV850 driver chip. It's a surface-mount device (3mm × 5mm × 1mm), so might be a bit difficult to hand-solder in circuit, but I might be able to find a way to do it (or find a similar chip in a socketable package).

Three 1.2V AAA sized rechargeable batteries and the required circuit could easily fit inside the handle part of a crop or of a driving or schooling whip.
 
9tails said:
Ooh, I like it! I've always wondered why there's not many flourescent dressage whips, definitely a gap in the market
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I have a really good one that is from Mackey but I can't find it on the Internet to post a pic. I think they're sold in local tack shops.
 
Look on ebay under cycling stuff and its dirt cheap. I had flashing LED lights with red and white, the flashing rope, circular reflectors that were also lights. We had to go on a fast bendy road with a poor line of sight so we were lit up like christmas trees!
 
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