power supply for lighting?

lemke254 · 08-15-2010, 12:31 AM

i was just thinking and i have a ton of extra cathodes that ive been trying to use and im wondering if i can somehow use an old psu i have laying around to power my lights without being hooked to a computer? also is there a way to extend cathode cables without loosing power? thanks

edit:
i figured out how to use the supply so now my only question is the extension part

jamesk3095 · 08-28-2010, 05:38 PM

theres no way to extend the cathode cable as far as i know. your out of luck for extending the part from the inverter to the cathode but you could extend the part from the psu to the inverter thing.

Grantofhell · 09-08-2010, 06:48 PM

Not true. Performance-PCS.com sells cable extensions (2-pin Logisys style) for cold cathodes.

jamesk3095 · 09-08-2010, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Grantofhell

Not true. Performance-PCS.com sells cable extensions (2-pin Logisys style) for cold cathodes.

Yes but then the cold cathodes loose power and becomre dimmer, he was looking for a way to extend them without lossing power. its not possible to do that if you extend the cable after the inverter but if you extend the cable before the inverter it is fine.

Grantofhell · 09-08-2010, 08:03 PM

^ Yep. It depends on how long the extension is. My 18" didn't cause much loss at all.

08-15-2010, 12:31 AM	#1
lemke254 Baseband Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 26	power supply for lighting? i was just thinking and i have a ton of extra cathodes that ive been trying to use and im wondering if i can somehow use an old psu i have laying around to power my lights without being hooked to a computer? also is there a way to extend cathode cables without loosing power? thanks edit: i figured out how to use the supply so now my only question is the extension part

08-28-2010, 05:38 PM	#2
jamesk3095 Baseband Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 58	Re: power supply for lighting? theres no way to extend the cathode cable as far as i know. your out of luck for extending the part from the inverter to the cathode but you could extend the part from the psu to the inverter thing.

09-08-2010, 06:48 PM	#3
Grantofhell Fully Optimized Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3,735	Re: power supply for lighting? Not true. Performance-PCS.com sells cable extensions (2-pin Logisys style) for cold cathodes. __________________ Intel i7 950 @ 3.06 (133x23) // Evga 132-E758-A1 x58 SLI // Evga GeForce GTX 470 SC 1280MB // 6GB OCZ Reaper HPC PC3-16000 (3x2) // OCZ Vertex Turbo 30GB/64MB // SeaGate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB/16MB // Corsair 850HX-P // SilverStone TJ07 Koolance CPU-340 // Koolance VID-NX470 // EnzoTech Evx-58 // DangerDen BlackICE 240GTS // DangerDen BlackICE 240GTX // OCZ HydroPulse 500 // BitsPower Z-tank Inline 80mm // Asus VW266h // Logitech G9 // Saitek Cyborg

09-08-2010, 08:03 PM	#5
Grantofhell Fully Optimized Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3,735	Re: power supply for lighting? ^ Yep. It depends on how long the extension is. My 18" didn't cause much loss at all. __________________ Intel i7 950 @ 3.06 (133x23) // Evga 132-E758-A1 x58 SLI // Evga GeForce GTX 470 SC 1280MB // 6GB OCZ Reaper HPC PC3-16000 (3x2) // OCZ Vertex Turbo 30GB/64MB // SeaGate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB/16MB // Corsair 850HX-P // SilverStone TJ07 Koolance CPU-340 // Koolance VID-NX470 // EnzoTech Evx-58 // DangerDen BlackICE 240GTS // DangerDen BlackICE 240GTX // OCZ HydroPulse 500 // BitsPower Z-tank Inline 80mm // Asus VW266h // Logitech G9 // Saitek Cyborg

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