What is this device?

[torin3]

I needed an inverter to power some CCFLs, so I went to Performance-PCs, and under the Bulbs, Inverters & Accessories I found this device:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...=20651&zenid=17e267233d7ea9bac94d8cb6fa984bcc

Is this an inverter, or just a sound activated switch?

 

[ratbuddy]

I really hope it's not an inverter! Plastic cased inverter is just asking for a fire..

 

[torin3]

I really hope it's not an inverter! Plastic cased inverter is just asking for a fire..

Hmm...most of the CCFL kits I remember looking at look like they have plastic encased inverters.

Like this:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...age_scroll&products_id=3320&image_scroll_id=0

 

[Spyguy]

Connector: 4-pin Molex to PSU and cathode kit

Looks like an inverter to me.

Also look at the picture.
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...l_id=0&zenid=17e267233d7ea9bac94d8cb6fa984bcc

 

[torin3]

Well, the reason I'm asking, is I bought it, and on the output side, it is putting out 12 volts. Which isn't going to light up a CCFL. I wanted to make sure it was what I thought it was before I try to RMA it as broken.

If it was just a sound activated switch, then I would just suck up my mistake.

 

[Automiketic]

From item description:

The new clear acrylic Sound Sensitive CCFL kit includes a 2-way switch for setting to ON or sound sensitive flash mode.

Did you get a switch with the it? If so did you set it to on?

Edit: just saw this in the description and made me chuckle:

Four Settings: On/Off/Sound Activated Flash

 

[torin3]

From item description:


Did you get a switch with the it? If so did you set it to on?

Edit: just saw this in the description and made me chuckle:

There is a switch on the side of it. In the "on" position I get 12v DC. In the Sound Activated position, I get bouncing voltages based on the sound, but it is all DC.

Also, looking at the picture of a CCFL inverter on Wikipedia, I see a transformer on it, and I don't see one on this one.

So, I tend to think that it is probably listed in the wrong section, but I got what it was.

Though I'm a little put out that there are no actual inverters listed in that section on Performance-PCs site that has inverters in its name.

 

[noxqzs]

I cannot tell by the pictures, but does the cable coming out of the device have a molex plug or does it attach directly to a CCFL? Looking at the components on it, it is not an inverter but more or less a sound activated switch. In the title it says: 'Sound Activated Control Unit for Cold Cathodes'. The key words being 'control unit'.