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81414 2002-09-20 10:44:00 > Where the heck do you put a glowing
> fluoroescent light in your car?? :O

So you've never been on the roads on a Friday/Saturday night.

You put them under the car so that they have a glow underneath them. 		-=JM=- (16)
81415 2002-09-20 10:47:00 > You just need to wire them up to the 12V (IIRC?) rail
> on your powersupply.
>
> Plenty of people at
> OCNZ (http://www.overclockers.co.nz) have
> done it.
>

where is the edit :8}


The place that you would want to visit would be the Forums (http://forums.overclockers.co.nz) 		-=JM=- (16)
81416 2002-09-20 10:53:00 > So you've never been on the roads on a Friday/Saturday night.

I try and avoid it as much as possible. I value my life too much. 		Susan B (19)
81417 2002-09-20 10:58:00 Anywhere u like. Under the dash, on the dash, in the dash, on / around the sub - you do have a sub don't you Susan? under the car, on the inside door panels, on the roof (inside), inside the bumpers, on the wheels, on the bonnet (I have seen it!) ...

That answer your question?

Anyway, Roofus, I run a laptop of a car cigarette lighter adapter with good results. The battery and power supply is rated at 14 volts, but since a car generates 14 volts (ideally) when running, is works. Even works off a car battery. I use it as a "portable" Mp3 player and it plugs straight in to the amp. A 3GB hard drive can hold an incredible amount of music. We can drive around New Zealand without hearing the same sone twice.

Anyway, the reverse is true: I have seen a car stereo modified to fit an a PC Case - way cool! I think it was a Pioneer. unfortunately they couldn't quite squeeze the sub in as well so that had to stay on the floor.

hmm... that gives me an idea >:)

SiK 		SoniKalien (792)
81418 2002-09-20 11:31:00 Hehe, if you live in AK, try cruising down the city on a friday night. You'll soon find out where those things go :p Chilling_Silence (9)
81419 2002-09-20 12:13:00 Here's my idea... (mystuff.orcon.net.nz)

Bliss. :D 		SoniKalien (792)
81420 2002-09-20 12:30:00 Well i've lived in CHCH and now live in AKL, so i know all about boy racers.
However i just thought it would be interesting to see if u could fit one to a computer, but it doesn't sound good due to interference.

I tell ya what, if i looked out the window, i could almost see K rd, so i could tell you what the boy racers were doing (before they head to Q st)
but like i say......... almost(so i can;t really) 		roofus (483)
81421 2002-09-21 00:04:00 Ahhhh soooooooo :|

If interference warnings are provided it will probably be due to the need to supply HV for the fluorescent as the actual lamp itself is extremely unlikely to run on 12 volts. It should be quite simple to convert the unit to run off the 230 volt supply but I'd have to look at a unit to see what is involved.

Which department of the Warehouse stocks them and I'll drop into my local next time I'm passing. My interest is aroused :D

Cheers

Billy 8-{) 		Billy T (70)
81422 2002-09-21 00:52:00 The ballasts are switch-mode units in the lamps, similar to those used in compact flourescent energy efficient lamps . You would need a clunky purpose-built transformer / reactor type ballast to run it off 230v, which could be uneconomic .

The lamp itself would have a voltage in the range of 100 - 200V, with strike voltages of several hundred, high frequency AC .

Connection of the lamp itself direct to 230v would be *spectacular* as there would be nothing to limit the current if the lamp struck . KABOOM!

I would suggest that radiated "interference" from the 12 volt input lamps would be of a minor order compared to what the CPU and computer power supply generate . 		godfather (25)
81423 2002-09-21 01:00:00 I think fluros generate too much heat and case modders are now going for cold cathode lighting (www.case-mod.com) antmannz (28)
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