wuddup all,, i was wondering if anyone knew how to run a cathode on a battery, preferably a non-car battery. i saw a website where a guy put cathodes in his car using a 9.6v r/c car battery. does anyone know how to set this up or an alternate way to run a cathode on a battery? thanx
the cathode tube should come with an inverter. If it was made for computer modding this will connect to 12V or sometimes to 5V. Whether this comes from a PSU molex or a battery does not matter.
As long as you match the input voltage of the inverter for the cathode (little boxy thing your cathode plugs into and has more wires comming off it) You could run it off any number of batteries like AA's D's or larger batteries, just keep in mind that cathodes generally pull a good bit of power, so the runtime isnt going to be alot of you run it off small batteries like AA's
So you could use 10 1.25V NiMH 2000mAh cells and run the light for about 5 hours. Or, you could use 8 Duracell AAs and get about the same life. 8 'D' alkaline cells would run for 20-30 hours Battery Specs: http://rocky.digikey.com/scripts/ProductInfo.dll?Site=US&V=11&M=AM-3PIX/2S
