Modding Cold Cathode And Invertor

Just bought a cold cathode from maplins. looks exactly the same as the sunbeam model.

But has no invertor and i have been told i need 1.

is this true?

or can i simply plug the cathode in?

it has white pin connector i think

 

all the ones i`ve ever come acros are sold with an inverter so this is probabley just a replacement tube and no you can not just plug it in sorry

 

The ones from maplin without inverters are just replacement tubes... they sell the inverters too i think though. You need the inverter because the computer PSU is DC, and the cathode needs AC to work.

 

cheers, i thought that i was a spare when i looked at it l8r!!!

payed 9.99 for it, n that same one with an invertor is 10.96 im pcworld

SOLD

 

Or about £7 for two tubes and an inverter (that includes a rough estimate on shipping (~£4 I think).

 

most cathodes like your one, need a inverter, but the inverters can handle 2 cathodes, thats why they sell a inverter with a cathode and then the cathodes with out the inverters