What to Buy?
There are a few key components to the
eLite (pronounced: ee-light) system that, once you get familiar with,
will allow you to add lights to anything large or small. Here are our
most basic components and what they do:
If you're going to
light up rooms or docking bays, or cockpits, etc., I would suggest
using ModuLites. Each kit comes with 3 modules which contain 1 LED
(light) each and connect in a daisy-chain with a six inch jumper wire
in between them. The kit comes with a battery box which utilizes two
AAA batteries (not included). You can connect up to 32 ModuLites per
power source (like our 9v adapter or mains kit). ModuLites use a 6 inch
cable to connect between the modules. You can use extension cables to
make that distance longer. Here’s my recommendations on ModuLite
spacing:
For brightly lit rooms, use 1 ModuLite every 8x8 stud space.
For medium lit rooms, use 1 ModuLite every 12x12 stud space.
For dimly lit rooms, use 1 ModuLite every 16x16 stud space.
The
higher the mounting of the ModuLite in the room, the better light
spread you will have. The Modulite Kit kit can be found here:
Modulite Kit
If
you need to light accents, decorations, headlights, non flashing or
non flickering "always on" lights for engines, landing or marker
lights, etc., I'd suggest to start with an eLite Basic kit. It comes
with 8 lights on 6 inch cables and the lights have a constant ON
function. The kit comes with our standard 2xAAA battery box with
integrated ON/OFF switch. The eLite Basic Kit can be found here:
eLite Basic Kit
If
you want your lights to flash, flicker or fade, you'll probably want
to pick up an eLite Advanced kit instead of the eLite Basic Kit. The
eLite Advanced kit comes with 8 lights and features 25 built in
patterns. It can be found here:
eLite Advanced Kit
For
small spaces I recommend the eLite Jr Signature. It comes with 4
lights and runs off a small watch battery which is included in the kit.
The eLite Jr. Signature features 12 built in patterns to choose from.
This unit is powered by a small CR1225 battery, which keeps things
tiny, but a trade-off will be battery life. More info can be found
here:
eLite Jr Signature Kit
The USB Adapter will allow you to eliminate using batteries in some eLite and NanoLite kits :
USB Adapter
We
have many LED cable types , LED colors and cable lengths to suit a
variety of applications. Start here for a list of them and other
accessories:
LED Cables and Accessories
Sometimes
6 inches for LED cables which come in the kits just aren’t long enough
to reach, so we have a selection of 6, 12 and 24 inch long Extension
Cables:
Extension Cables
You can connect some eLite kits together (not eLite Jr.) and power them from one power source using Jumper Cables:
Jumper Cable
The
eLite Basic MCU (the main part of the eLite Basic kit) makes a great
distribution box. Just connect to power and you can connect up to 9
items to it:
eLite Basic MCU
And
finally, the newest member of our team, the NanoLite. Unfortunately
the NanoLite isn't compatible with any of our eLite products, but if
you need to go even smaller than the eLite Jr this is the product for
you! The NanoLite Basic features a 15mm x 15mm main board and uses two
coin cell batteries for power. It has an integrated ON/OFF switch and
four outputs to our smallest ever LED cables called NanoLite Cables.
NanoLite Basic Kit can be found here:
(No longer available. Check back for updates on this product.)
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