trouble with 6V EL sound activated pocket inverter

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trouble with 6V EL sound activated pocket inverter

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Hello all,
I looked through previous posts about this pocket inverter, but didn't see anything that directly addressed this issue, so here is my post, and apologies if this has been dealt with before.

I recently purchased the sound activated pocket inverter and wired it according to the instructions (+6VDC on the wire with the white marks), then connected a 3 foot section of EL tape. Turned on the inverter to the "BL" setting and ... no matter how much noise I made, I could not get the EL tape to light. I adjusted the volume (sensitivity?) to MAX, and still no joy, whether talking loudly, shouting, clapping hands right over the microphone - not even a flicker on the EL tape.

When I set the inverter switch to "FULL", the EL tape lights up just fine.

So ... is this inverter simply broken, or are there things I can try to make it work?

Thanks!
Dave

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Re: trouble with 6V EL sound activated pocket inverter

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Please email [email protected] with a link to this thread for a replacement inverter

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