Cold Cathode Lighting

[Schmill]

Hi,

I was wanting to do some cold cathod tube lighting on my tanks, and a couple of other projects, needing blue tubes and white tubes. At the time I was planning on using some from ebuyer, but they seem to have all but stopped selling them now.
I was just wondering where anyone else gets them from? (and if you have a cheap source of AC/DC 12V adaptors too that would be handy!)

 

[JoshH]

Hi Schmill, try this ebay search here for the cold cathodes! Heres an adapter clicky!

Hope that helps mate

Or, maybe halfords would have some in their ripspeed area for modifying cars etc, they did do ones footwell sized you could look at, then youd need a cigarette lighter to house plug converter!

 

[raptorrex]

maplins do a range, for computers, but they adapt well.

 

[DJ ArKaDaRkA]

maplins do a range, for computers, but they adapt well.

ive just fitted this http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/300MM-MOONLIGHT-BLUE...A1%7C240%3A1318

comes with plug

 

[raptorrex]

maplins do a range, for computers, but they adapt well.

ive just fitted this [URL="http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/300MM-MOONLIGHT-BLUE...A1%7C240%3A1318"]http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/300MM-MOONLIGHT-BLUE...A1%7C240%3A1318[/URL]

comes with plug

cool, looks a good setup. i was thinking more of cold cathode though, £5 will get you the lot including inverter. i admit i prefer LED's myself.

 

[DJ ArKaDaRkA]

maplins do a range, for computers, but they adapt well.

ive just fitted this <a href="http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/300MM-MOONLIGHT-BLUE...A1%7C240%3A1318" target="_blank">http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/300MM-MOONLIGHT-BLUE...A1%7C240%3A1318</a>

comes with plug

cool, looks a good setup. i was thinking more of cold cathode though, £5 will get you the lot including inverter. i admit i prefer LED's myself.

it looks pretty good its just had sticky clips you stick on the lid then they give you cable ties for it

 

[raptorrex]

maplins do a range, for computers, but they adapt well.

ive just fitted this <a href="http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/300MM-MOONLIGHT-BLUE...A1%7C240%3A1318" target="_blank">http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/300MM-MOONLIGHT-BLUE...A1%7C240%3A1318</a>

comes with plug

cool, looks a good setup. i was thinking more of cold cathode though, £5 will get you the lot including inverter. i admit i prefer LED's myself.

it looks pretty good its just had sticky clips you stick on the lid then they give you cable ties for it

lol for me the sticky's stuck to the aquarium, but fell off the gear "thats a 630v inverter floating past that fish"

 

[Night Crawler]

You can usually get cold cathode tubes from Ebay or if you have a Maplin shop somewhere near you, you could get em from there.
As for a 12V power supply... I am using n old PC power supply that I have converted so I can use it outside a computer. Supplus 12V 5V and a couple of others. Perfect for running 12V lights, fans... They have a good high output so you will be able to run quite a few things off it, unlike the 12V adapters you can buy that just plug into your mains (Similar to a phone charger) because these dont even push out 1 amp.
You can pick them up from pretty much anywhere that sells computer bits for around 10-20 quid, or if you have an old computer at home that isnt being used, you can pull it out of there.
If you need any info on how to convert one, just let me know.

Hi,

I was wanting to do some cold cathod tube lighting on my tanks, and a couple of other projects, needing blue tubes and white tubes. At the time I was planning on using some from ebuyer, but they seem to have all but stopped selling them now.
I was just wondering where anyone else gets them from? (and if you have a cheap source of AC/DC 12V adaptors too that would be handy!)