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Tools of the trade

When you get serious about working with EL wire, you’re going to want to invest in the tools that ease your work. Anyone working with EL wire should have some basic tools at hand. These include helping hands to hold your work steady, a temperature-controlled soldering station that creates good, solid joints and keeps your workspace safe, wire strippers that are precicely tuned to work with EL wire, and a heatgun to quickly and evenly shrink the shrinkwrap tubing. You can find all these tools below.

Cool Neon Learn to Solder Kit

If this is your first time working with Cool Neon wire and are wondering where to begin, this kit is the perfect introduction! With our Cool Neon Learn to Solder Kit, you will learn how to solder up your own fabulous Cool Neon creations in no time! Everything that you will need to get started is included.

NOTE: Due to ongoing unavailability, the EZStrip EL wire strippers are no longer included with this kit. For wire strippers, we recommend the Klein Tools Katapult, available from Home Depot & other retail stores.

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Includes:
1- Soldering Iron (#ASI)
1- 5 foot strand of Standard Cool Neon wire
4- 1 to 2 foot pieces of mixed Cool Neon wire, including a variety of:
Phat (3.2mm), Hella Phat (5mm) & Angel Hair (1.3mm)
1- Plug and Play 2AA Hand Held Driver(#DAAHH+1) (Will power up to 15 feet of Cool Neon wire)
1-Plug & Play AAA Driver (1DAAA) (Will power up to 3 feet)
1-Plug & Play Techno Flash Driver (1DTF) (Will power up to 3ft of Cool Neon wire)
1-Plug & Play AA Driver (1DAA) (Will power up to 5 feet of Cool Neon wire)
2- AA Batteries
4- AAA Batteries
5- Wire side connectors (#ACPPC-W)
2- Driver side connectors (#ACPPC-D)
2- “Y” Connector (#ACPPY)
Heat Shrink Tubing, a Razor Blade Solder & Copper Foil Tape for lots of practice solder joints!

Includes instructions on how to do a solder joint.

A $50.00 value for $35.00!
All Colors are Dealer’s Choice…


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Easy2Strip Cool Neon wire strippers

Perfect for cutting and stripping most sizes of Cool Neon. Simply insert the end into the appropriate hole (C for “Cut”, S for “Strip”), give a 180″ turn and Voila! Not recommended for Hella Phat (5.0mm) Cool Neon wire.

Made by Elan specifically for working with EL wire, with just a little practice this tool makes stripping EL wire a breeze.  Highly recommended for everyone’s toolkit!

 

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Helping Hands

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Weller WLC100 soldering station

The soldering iron included in the starter kit is fine for casual use, but if you’re going to be doing a lot of work with Cool Neon wire, then do yourself a favor and get this soldering station.

The Weller WLC100 Soldering Station includes everything you need to start using solder to join metals and create efficient, electrical connections. Designed with the hobbyist and the do-it-yourself enthusiast in mind, this kit features a high-quality, lightweight pencil iron with variable power control, a cushioned foam grip with a replaceable heating element, and a safety guard iron holder. And it’s from Weller, the world leader in soldering since 1945.

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