using a scanner light in your computer

[EPYK]

heres (http://www.ovelha.org/pasteler0/2005/12/27/howto-using-the-scanner-light-inside-your-computer/) a tutorial on how to use a scanner bulb as an accent light inside your computer...

[EPYK]

if you use this tutorial with colored plexi you should achieve a super bright colored neon tube

[Cevinzol]

its nice and bright (if you need that much light in a case) but it asumes you have an old trashed scanner on hand.

I think a CCL kit would be cheaper and easier to install plus you won't have that exposed transformer thta you have to deal with lying in your case.

[dgrmkrp]

i see another problem.. i've played with scanners.. they don't keep the light one 24/7.. and i'm not sure you should do that either..

[EPYK]

yeah but i thought it would be a nice tutorial for a mod site

[dgrmkrp]

oh yeah! it's nice.. i'm not saying i wouldn't do it >:) if i had a scanner lying around and no use for it.. but i would probably use it differently.. like a strobe light.. use pulses instead of a continuous 12v input.. maybe merge the blinking leds with the powerfull light ;)

[rakuza]

i found a scanner bulb from a cannon LiDE scanner its a plain wite light but when you move it quickly it will flash red green and blue so im think painting your computer with polerised dust particals =D

[Gun Down]

Thanks a lot for the tut works grate, but i was wondering is if it would be best to hook the light up to a swich?

[blackbox]

Thanks a lot for the tut works grate, but i was wondering is if it would be best to hook the light up to a swich?



got two of them. as what you've said, i am planning to hook them to a switch

[Aud1073cH]

some scanners are using LEDs for light now.


If the transformer/inverter is small enough, you can seal it inside some really big heat shrink tubing, or find some plastic box to house it in so you won't worry about the HV getting to the rest of the computer.

[isaacs]

heres (http://www.ovelha.org/pasteler0/2005/12/27/howto-using-the-scanner-light-inside-your-computer/) a tutorial on how to use a scanner bulb as an accent light inside your computer...

I have seen that this light is an rgb light, is there a way to modify every color light to chang the color? i guess like dimming each color.

thank you and...
this is my first post ever , thank you