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Trackball impass - need help
Dekelia:
--- Quote from: Bgnome on September 22, 2004, 10:44:05 am ---the base isnt translucent. it doesnt have a built in light either. in fact, the base has nothing to do with it at all. everyone who has a 3" translucent ball has it in a regular 3" trackball base. most have a hole in the bottom already where the light shines through. you just have to mount the light. bob roberts has a kit available:
http://www.dameon.net/BBBB/tb-lamp.jpg
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Almost all of the translucent trackballs I have seen on ebay as well as on Happs web site say they come with a 6V or 12V lamp that is mounted underneath for instance: http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/560100xx.htm
Does this just mean they have already had that part installed? Does the hip lip case have a hole in the bottom to illuminate it from? If so that will probably solve my problem.
Thank you all for the advice.
Bgnome:
i dont think "almost all" of them come with a lamp, but the cases usually have a hole on the bottom of the ball and small holes near it to mount the light with. i would consider going with LEDs instead of the typical halogen bulbs though. if you do some searching on the boards, you can find some interesting solutions to mounting lighting for trackballs.
nathan118:
Definitly gonna have to second going with a LED setup instead of a conventional bulb. LED's will last longer and might be brighter too. Something like these below.
http://www.glowire.com/Lazer%20LEDs.htm