Cold cathode woes :(

[rrjwilson]

Ok here is the scene. Q6600, 4GB DDR3, 960Gb HDDs, 8800GTX in SLi and a lot of watercooling. I have an Aqua Computer MultiSwitch (ACMS) to control the watercooling stuff. The ACMS controls 3x fans on the upper radiator (for CPU) and 3x fans on the lower radiator (for GPUs) and 2x cold cathodes. The cold cathodes are UV and Red. The UV one is to highlight the watercooling coolant (Feser UV red) while in normal operation. The red one will illuminate the case when temperatures get too high (all fans are going full).

Problem:

The CCFLs are ACRyan and run off the Molex connectors (the ones that go into IDE drives for those unsure). Multiswitch controls everything via 3-pin fan connectors. This means I cannot connect the two. Hopefully you can confirm my suspicions and help with a solution.

Questions:

What voltage goes through the Molex connector? (12v)

What voltage goes through the 3-pin fan connector? (5v)

Anyone know a 3-pin UV light and 3-pin red light? (maybe to replace the ACRyans if they aren't happy working my way)

[Jim]

What voltage goes through the Molex connector? (12v)

A: 12v and 5v

What voltage goes through the 3-pin fan connector?

A: 12v

Anyone know a 3-pin UV light and 3-pin red light?

A: Just rip the molex off the cathodes and re-wire them with the connector you need. You can grab the 3-Pin fan connectors from Maplins and you'll only need to wire up two of the pins for +12v power.

Hope that helps

[rrjwilson]

BAM done.

Cheers Jim

[GavX]

hang on... that worked?? If you were to say hook one up to a fan controller, would it dim and brighten the light? Or result in fire left time I hooked something up to a fan controller that wasn't ment to (true story... I noticed when I tuned theh fan controller up, more smoke just came out the PC, it was about then I realised there should ideally be NO smoke)

[k4p84]

smoke form PC'c is never a good thing