Battery Powered Cold Cathode?

[J8son]

First let me say "Hello" and compliment ya'll on such a great community you have here.

Second, I had a question. I've had issues with my cold cathodes burning out relatively quickly in my case. I took them out about six months ago when the two I had burned out again.

I'd like to add them back but I'm all out of outlets on my power supply.

So, this brings me to my question of are there any cold cathodes that run on say a "AA" battery?

Thanks! :)

[danthegeek]

Not that I know off. CC run on high voltages to make them glow, thats why they have a power inverter. This takes the 12 volts and turns it into a couple hundred. If you used batteries for this they would most likely not last long at all. The probably wouldnt have enough amps as well to work. With LEDs you may be able to run well off of some batteries. Of course, they still wont last for a long time.

I say get this (http://www.xoxide.com/meteorlightred.html and call it done. Hopefully they will last much longer then crappy Cold Cathodes. They come with a plug that has both male and female molex so you can hook it into something. Oh, they have them in different colors as well.

[J8son]

Not that I know off. CC run on high voltages to make them glow, thats why they have a power inverter. This takes the 12 volts and turns it into a couple hundred. If you used batteries for this they would most likely not last long at all. The probably wouldnt have enough amps as well to work. With LEDs you may be able to run well off of some batteries. Of course, they still wont last for a long time.

I say get this (http://www.xoxide.com/meteorlightred.html and call it done. Hopefully they will last much longer then crappy Cold Cathodes. They come with a plug that has both male and female molex so you can hook it into something. Oh, they have them in different colors as well.

Sounds great. I do have one concern.

I'm going to be using a Sata-To-Molex converter to take advantage of two free Sata connectors from my power supply. Would I run into problems using a converter with the inverter of the cold cathode?

[danthegeek]

To hook up these lights you would detach the molex-to-sata converter from your PSU molex and attach the female end of the Meteor Lights into your PSU molex. Then you would attach you Meteor Light male end into your sata connector. Very simple and will not cause any interference with your sata drives.

These lights are IMO much safer because they do not have a high voltage inverter that could start a fire. They do have a pci slot cover with a built in switch that they must be connected to. This allows you to turn them on and off and if you want them to falsh or not. If I had the choice in choosing the Meteor Lights or Cold Cathodes, I would go with the Meteor Light.

EDIT- Links

In Red (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800888052)

In Blue (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800888051)