looks good to me, but m not really the electronics guru. I dont see and 12V to ground so that is good. Should work, nice and simple.
cheers ppl fear my paint skils lol just gotta make the thing when maplin delvier the rest of my order lol AW3K
is there a reason why ppl extend the wires after the invertor instead of the 12v and ground wires? and do cold cathodes use ac or dc(after the invertor) cos i dont think the led will like a high reverse voltage as u would get in ac
The reason is, the inverters are not very prety to look at (especaly if it is shrinkwrapped), so you want to hide it. Alot of people hide it in an empty drive bay, in that baybus circtury, or behind that digi-doc. You could put the inverter right next to the cc, but it would look ugly. Signing out...
this is before the wires get to the inverter, where it is the 12v line from the molex in the top left (should have explained my diagram a bit better) it's kinda a bay bus thing see my site in the lian li part. i'm redesigning the circuit as it was shorting on sommet and lighting two cathodes at once. AW3K
This circut is good, keep it up! If you need baybus help, just holler (barbaric american saying, for all you brits out there ) Signing out...
/me feels silly sorry im knackered and have to get up at 7 tomorrow (yeah like thats gonna happen) yeah it looks like it should work tho u would have to be sure the switch can handle the power how much power do ccs draw and whats the spec of the power after the invertor? if its high enuf v ac u could have a fake power button rigged up to electrocute people if they try to turn yr pc off muahahahaha
cheers m8 check out my switched rheobus circuit click the link in my sig to see the rest of my electronics Later AW3K
i made the same circuit before but it was well shoddy but this should be able to handle it (i hope) switches i'm using maplin FG46A PB Silver Alternate Rated at 125V at 3A, 250V at 1A AC should be ok i think inverter spec input voltage : 12V output voltage : 180-800V http://www.velleman.be/Product.asp?lan=1&id=341887 Later AW3K
im still trying to work out wether the output of the invertor is ac or dc oh and i reckon the switch should take it too just thought u might be using some pcb mouted ultramini 5mm square thing about the size of a really small reset button cya later /me collapses on kbd hnmj yun hmmmmmmm
Nice! Eaterofpies, try getting some sleep, why dont ya. I get up at 7 every morning, so I have to go to bed earlied than normal (10 is normal, sometimes 11). I would mount the inverters inside the project box, and use longet wires to get the power to the ccs. Signing out...
im on holiday atm so 5 hrs will do me well will sleep later today but car boot sale today yippeeeee so far i have got 1 x technics amp (30 watt per channel) £8 1x leak amp £5 1x m$ sidewinder precision pro £5 1x free monitor 2x floppy drives (both of which i killed ) 1 x pair of massive earphones for lan parties 1 x phillips CD Player £10 2x other cd players (about 5 quid each) numerous mice n other junk for free so im off to buy more $h1t
I'm guessing the output is AC, due to the lack of diodes and/or large capacitors on the output side of the HV transformer.
