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I have a vial of Blair's 16 Million Reserve that I live in fear of, I wonder where this rates. The hottest I've actually used was The Source, 7.1 million scovilles and that was a bad idea.

On the same vendor site they purchased the EL Wire with inverter, you can get just a 3v inverter for slightly cheaper. I'd hate to buy that kit and have to throw the EL wire away, that small stuff is hard to re-terminate and reuse. I suppose you could keep the EL wire attached, do away with the EL sheet, and just loop the 2 feet of wire under the keyboard. You'd mostly likely want to then put a layer of scuffed plastic between the wire and keyboard to make the lighting effect more defuse. I don't know if the 2.3mm wire plus the defuser layer would be too thick compared to the EL sheet but it would let you go from one side of the keyboard to the other and have more even lighting. In the picture it looks like he sides of the keyboard aren't nearly as bright as the center.

If stripped of its case and hard wired to one of the 3 volt sources on the circut board, you could have a much cleaner, factory look. You could also move the switch or wire it to come on when the lid opens. There should be plenty of room for the inverter inside the case, I've seen Eee PC's stuffed with USB memory, a SD reader, a FM transmitter, a GPS unit and a touch screen with its controller board.