How to power a neon license plate frame?

[pinballwizard79]

So I'm a major dork & bought a cool aluminum pressed stamped "Back To the Future" replica license plate complete with reflective DMV stickers & all to mount to my Cruis'n World sit down racing arcade.

I want to jump further into the dork vortex & encase it inside a neon illuminated license plate frame like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PLASMAGLOW-NEON-GLOWING-LICENSE-PLATE-FRAME-BLACK-LIGHT-/220899080438?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item336e9c78f6

Any advice on how to power it? Maybe I could snake a wire to the power supply & patch in our would it catch on fire  

Ideas are welcome, thanks!

PW79

[BobA]

Power it from a drive connector with 12V DC.   Cars are usually 13V or so DC so it should work fine.

[pinballwizard79]

Cool, thanks for the info.

So are you talking about one of these?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-12V-2A-US-Plug-Power-Supply-Adapter-transformer-connector-LED-light-Strip-/280754859604?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415e4b2e54

[Malenko]

I believe he means a molex connector from your computer power supply, but what you posted would also work.

[pinballwizard79]

Yeah that would be perfect except this is a dedicated Cruis'n World but when I make a PC racer once like Gbeef (or buy his lol) that will mos def be the way I will go.

So do you think I can splice into any thing in the interior of the arcade cab to have it all come on at once?

Thanks guys

PW79

[Nephasth]

Yea, wire it up to 12V from the cab's power supply.

[Mario]

Is it real or fake neon? I believe real neon would require a fairly high amperage to initially light it, and a PC/cab's power supply may not be powerful enough, or it may blow. If I were you, I'd either try it with a spare power supply, or use a separate supply.

Mario

[Malenko]

Is it real or fake neon? I believe real neon would require a fairly high amperage to initially light it, and a PC/cab's power supply may not be powerful enough, or it may blow. If I were you, I'd either try it with a spare power supply, or use a separate supply.

Mario

its most likely a cold cathode

[pinballwizard79]

I'm a total noob with dedicated arcades.

They have a 12v power supply?

Really?

So I can just grab the wire, splice into it & then habe both game/license plate powered?

Are we talking about the marquee fixture wire or something different?

[BobA]

x2 says this will power any light they sell.

12 wall wart

The one you listed earlier is cheaper and has 2x the amperage at 12V.

[yotsuya]

Inspired by your post, I picked up a small neon motorcycle frame off eBay. I just hooked it up to the 12v on a PSU, and it lit right up! Looks great, too! Gonna use it on my jukebox project.