Guide CCFL from old scanner

My scanners wern't perfectly good, they were old run down peices of crap. They were going in the trash so I thought I would scrap anything left in them. I agree, I should just buy a white set of CCFLs, but this was cheaper and more fun.




-CollinstheClown

 

several reasons:
1. The scanner had no software or drivers, so couldnt be setup.
2. i have a all in one in my home office that is 1000 times better than this piece of crap.
3. Its fun to make stuff!

 

I did this, and it is really effective, although i can't actually think of a use for it....

 

lol, i didnt even know you could do this thx

 

Oh by the way, I know the invertor is high voltage, but is it dangerous?

 

Only if you lick it.

 

I may have to go raid my old scanners this weekend...hell i may go raid them just for the inveters!

 

That's not a bab idea, I have several old scanners lying around just waiting to be ripped apart.

 

im sry i just realized i should post some pics of this mod in action. ill take some pics and have then up by tomorrow night. it looks quite good, i find the white glow inside the case really makes it easy to see things, i like it a lot more than the blue or red ones.

 

I imagine most broken scanners still have a working invertor and ccfl, you could pick up ten at a tip or car boot sale and have a super-bright case.

 

I dont know what your white CCFL look slike but if I stuck my scanners cathode in place of a factory built it would be like comparing the pay of the janitor and the system admin who are talking outside this room...

/random

 

yeah that's the only part along with the stepper motor that i keep from old scanners. the good thing is that they are very bright.

another good source of ccfl's is old tft monitors

it's all good

 

did it a while ago but blew the inverter trying to power an EL sheet from an old (big) LCD.

 

nice mod, i got an small old scanner thats broken, if i cant fix it (to sell on ebay lol) then i will rip it out and use it yeah nice mod

 

tryed it witha cannon multipass c555 and well to be honest couldnt find the inverter i think it was intigrted because the wire that goes to the CCFL is a ribben with about 12 different wires

if anyone more of these type of CHEAP mods are out there i need to find some good ones

 

i took my ccfl out of my lexmark today and i wasnt able to run it off 3v,5v,9, or 12v, im a electronics noob so im pretty confused it used 24v? how to you get that from a power supply?

 

We've got 6 old scanners lying around at work - I think I'll do this to two or three, but there must be something you can do with the

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CCFL - manufactured in Taiwan

 

Come on, think. The moving scanning head that contains the CCFL and the scanning sensor.

 

I know what they are, you took what I said out of context sorry.

I was wondering what you could actually do with the mechanism?