[toaster_pilot]

fixing to order some cold cathodes, 4", do i need the in-line fuse for them or is it a recommended option and if so what size fuse should be used. Getting it from oznium. Thanks

 

[Padanky]

I have four 4" ones on the same switch with no fuse, I hooked them into the dome light.

 

[toaster_pilot]

I have four 4" ones on the same switch with no fuse, I hooked them into the dome light.

hey man i should just ask you all my questions....lol
Yeah im gonna get four and run them on the switch i just put in. Thanks man.

 

[Padanky]

Seems like it. LOL^^^

 

[toaster_pilot]

alright Chris, i assume youll get this one too. The white wires on my cathodes for the rear handles are too short. What do i do to get them to the transformer. Oznium says not to extend the white wires but i'll have to. I assume you had to? ??

 

[backseatchris]

you can extend the wires if u want....but if u do more than 3-6 inches your gonna significantly reduce the amount of light that is emmitted from the tubes. Your better off buying 4 transformers and 4 tubes. that way u can use one for each handle and have absolutely no problems whatsoever.

 

[toaster_pilot]

cool, just wanted to make sure, its just extending the rear tubes by a few inches. I guess itll be ok then.

 

[Padanky]

^^^That Chris knows too. LOL

I used four seperate transformers and lengthened each set 12" to make sure they where all equally brite.

 

[Skeeter]

Just solder and heat schrink the connections. I extended the hell out of mine.

 

[toaster_pilot]

thanks everyone, i extended my white wires a good 15 inches...still bright as crap on the one transformer....cant wait ill its all done..(and in case anyone was wondering, i only used one transformer per two tubes, as designed.)

 

[surfcitylocal]

thanks everyone, i extended my white wires a good 15 inches...still bright as crap on the one transformer....cant wait ill its all done..

Surprising. Shouldn't work, glad it did for you.

 

[toaster_pilot]

well, here they are, finally did 'em. Thanks for all the info and thnks Taz for the old DIY on SL, it helped a lot.

 

[lunch_box]

Here's my thingy

Just thought that I might post up some cold cathode pictures too. I did mine with 12" blue ones. I got 33 of them off ebay for about 30 bucks or something like that. I still haven't figured out where to put the other 31. I used 2 of them for this set up and 1 LED strip which contains 6 LED bulbs underneath my table.
I took this with my cell phone my digital camera was ripped off unfortunately.
Used those switches recommended on this forum also. The switches are awesome.

 

[toaster_pilot]

still haven't figured out where to put the other 31.

well, you did offer them up to several of us.......lol

 

[lunch_box]

I'm sorry about that Toaster_pilot. I spoke to skeeter he messaged me and I totally forgot who the other one was. There were only two people that wanted the greens. Sorry about that. I hope this doesn't cause any beef here on a forum.

 

[toaster_pilot]

no its ok, was kinda iffy about it to begin with......when they didnt show up i was wondering, hey what happend?" but i didnt want to message you and bug you cause hey, you didnt ask for money.