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    Default using a scanner light in your computer

    heres a tutorial on how to use a scanner bulb as an accent light inside your computer...
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    Default Re: using a scanner light in your computer

    if you use this tutorial with colored plexi you should achieve a super bright colored neon tube
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    Default Re: using a scanner light in your computer

    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.

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    Default Re: using a scanner light in your computer

    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..

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    Default Re: using a scanner light in your computer

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

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    Default Re: using a scanner light in your computer

    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

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    Default Re: using a scanner light in your computer

    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?
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    Default Re: using a scanner light in your computer

    Quote Originally Posted by Gun Down View Post
    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

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    Default Re: using a scanner light in your computer

    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.

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