Lighting help

[Komitet]

Ok, today I was digging through some old crap in my backroom. I came across 2 small 12 Volt lites that used to be in my car,

coming off the lites is a positive and negative lead,
so naturally I needed a switch, a broken lamp was more than happy to donate,

thing is, on the switch, it's a rocker switch, on the back of the switch it has 2 leads, I'm assuming it's positive / positive, being as the lamp would have grounded through the cord??? so should I ground this to my case, an empty connector? or is it positive / negative, but I don't see how it could interupt the current. I'm not sure, and this is the only thing holding me from puttin my PC back together right now, thx in advance

Komitet

 

[TheGhengisKhan]

power----switch----light----ground

just like that

 

[RadiationMan]

Here's a picture:

 

[Komitet]

thx much, all done, pics
up soon

 

[RadiationMan]

so should I ground this to my case, an empty connector? or is it positive / negative, but I don't see how it could interupt the current.

DO NOT GROUND TO YOUR CASE!

Use the 12v ground from a molex connector. You might be able to find a molex connector to wire the light up to at Radio Shack or Jameco, or the PC/electronic supply store of your choice. That way you can just plug it in to your power supply.

The yellow wire is 12v+, the red wire is 5v+, and the black wires are ground.

*edit* you posted before I was done typing, sorry. (I wish I had taken typing in school )

 

[Komitet]

well unfortunately the lites don't show up very well, they are blue on the edges of the cutout, my camera is junk.

the switch I put in is in the middle at the bottom, I heated up an exacto knife and went through the front panel like butter,

the fan slots I did with a dremel with a metal blade. except for the steel case, I did with cut off wheels.
unfortunately the grill I made for the front broke


I put in 2 80 mm fans from power supplies I had laying around, CPU temps @ idle dropped 10 degrees to 38,



and when I turn my 130mm fan on it drops to about 24/25 under load.

oh, btw my pc is an athlon XP 1700+ @ 1800 mhz or so

 

[SF101]

why would this guy take lighting picks of a pc in a verry well lit room

 

[DaWiper]

Does it say "Hay" on the floppy????

 

[Komitet]

that's my flash. my camera is a POS as I stated above

 

[OKJEFF4]

The floppy says "Hax!! ", right?

 

[Komitet]

yes, I use it for demo reviews for online gaming