Neon mod

Zephyrus · 6 Mar 2006 at 10:34

I have a 15cm neon strip light that was in the glove compartment of my car when i bought it and has been sitting there since i bought it. I'm wondering whether if i cut off the bit that plugs into the cigarette lighter and stick a 4 pin molex on if it will work or not? Any ideas?

Zeph.

Zephyrus · 7 Mar 2006 at 10:46

No one know? guess i'll just have to give it a try

fatiain · 7 Mar 2006 at 11:17

Is there an inverter on it?

If not you'll need one.

Yewen · 7 Mar 2006 at 14:14

You can buy ciagarete lighters for the front of your pc, get one, have it internally and wolla, cheap and easy!

You can get them from competitors, OcUK operates a no smoking policy

Mark A · 7 Mar 2006 at 21:09

If it has a cigarette lighter end on then it mustn't need an inverter and will be 12v so replacing it with a molex should work fine. If you have an old pc knocking about id try it on that to be on the safe side.

Mark

Yewen · 7 Mar 2006 at 21:52

Got to be careful incase it draws to much from the power supply, if you do use it on a power supply give it its own cable from the PSU.

Zephyrus · 7 Mar 2006 at 22:55

Thanks for the replies guys. I have a hiper type-r 580W PSU, although unfortunately i dont think i have room to give it its own cable. I already had to put the floppy on the same cable as the second hard drive.