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AlanS17:
--- Quote from: Chris on July 05, 2005, 04:58:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on July 05, 2005, 04:48:30 pm ---Anybody tried lighting these things up with mini bulbs? It sure sounds easier if it'll work.
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Heat buildup would be an issue, I think.
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Well I'm not talking about shoving a mini bulb up into the assembly. I just mean like mounting mini blubs to the underside of the CP between buttons.
quarterback:
If you've got colored buttons, you could get some cheap cold-cathode tubes and run them underneath all the buttons at once. They've got them for cars so they should be able to run off the 12v of your PC.
Or, if you have clear buttons, I think they make color changing tubes as well (or maybe those are actually leds)
AlanS17:
See, if that would work I think it would be infinitely easier than wiring up each button. I'm a bum.
quarterback:
Yeah, since there are switches on the bottom of each button and the lights wouldn't be INSIDE the button (like with the individual LED lighting), you might have to run the tubes in between the buttons (depending on your button layout) but it seems possible.
I don't know, stick a household lightbulb under your CP and see what lights up. If a unidriectional household bulb gives you something, it seems like a couple cold cathodes would do the trick.
thetered:
I fashioned a little tray out of metal and built a fire pit under the control panel, it gives the buttons a really cool flickery effect and when the fire starts to die I just feed some more twigs through a special hole in the side of the panel.
As far as "external" lights (which I haven't tried, only theorizing here) go, I think the width of the panel material will play a big part, me for instance I'm using 3/4" plywood, and on top of that you have the black (opaque) nut, which leaves roughly a little over 1/4" of thread showing. On top of that you have a huge light blocking switch with high thick plastic mounting pieces for the switch. So unless you are talking million candle power bulbs here I dont think there is enough (Translucent) plastic to effectively "carry" the light.
Prove me wrong though!
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