result may be an extended el wire not shown having several sections wherein each section may correspond to one or more of the el wires each section of the extended el wire may have distinct characteristics for example an extended el wire may be provided wherein two or more sections of the wire may be adapted to emit a different color of light the extended el wire may be used to form larger and or more intricate multicolor shapes according to some embodiments of the device of the present invention at least one of the el wires connected to the power supply unit may be adapted to connect to at least one additional el wire serially for example the tip of the portion of an el wire connected to the power supply unit may include output terminals the electrodes of an additional el wire may be engaged or otherwise connected to the output terminals of the el wire thereby serially connecting the additional el wire to the power supply unit the additional el wire may be removed simply by disconnecting the electrodes of the additional el wire from the output terminals of the el wire connected to the power supply unit this may be done for example by pulling the additional el wire away from the el wire a different result may be achieved by connecting several e g two or more el wires 306 and.