Strobe Light in case

moreily · 23-June-03, 12:11 AM

Hey,
I was thinking of putting a strobe light in my case and hooking up to my hard drive activity light, so it flashes when the drive is being used. As I do not know anything about electrictiy, I would appreciate any advice that I could I recieve.
Thanks,
Dave

Del · 23-June-03, 12:20 AM

Your hdd header probably won't be good to trigger the strobe. Check out this tidbit on optoisolators to couple your strobe to your hdd header.

DuckWarrior · 23-June-03, 12:23 AM

Here is a link to ZapWizard's site where he is doing something of the same as what you want. I'm sure you can derive somthing to suit your needs from it.
ZapWizard MOD

paige · 23-June-03, 12:51 AM

moreily, just a word to the wise, i do alot of work with lights and special effects and just wanted you to know that a strobe will get crazy hot if left on any length of time. so just keep in mind that you will want a way to turn in of when you're doing things like defrag, or anything with constant disk activiity. you might be better served just hooking up a bunch of superbright white LED's to your harddrive monitor, as the drive it self will make them flicker pretty fast.

23-June-03, 12:11 AM		#1 (permalink)
moreily Apex Techie Wannabe	Strobe Light in case Hey, I was thinking of putting a strobe light in my case and hooking up to my hard drive activity light, so it flashes when the drive is being used. As I do not know anything about electrictiy, I would appreciate any advice that I could I recieve. Thanks, Dave

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23-June-03, 12:20 AM		#2 (permalink)
Del Apex Master Tech Apprentice	Your hdd header probably won't be good to trigger the strobe. Check out this tidbit on optoisolators to couple your strobe to your hdd header.

23-June-03, 12:23 AM		#3 (permalink)
DuckWarrior Retired Admin In Charge of Death and Destruction to All those Who Oppose My World known as PimpRig	Here is a link to ZapWizard's site where he is doing something of the same as what you want. I'm sure you can derive somthing to suit your needs from it. ZapWizard MOD

23-June-03, 12:51 AM		#4 (permalink)
paige Apex Advanced Techie	moreily, just a word to the wise, i do alot of work with lights and special effects and just wanted you to know that a strobe will get crazy hot if left on any length of time. so just keep in mind that you will want a way to turn in of when you're doing things like defrag, or anything with constant disk activiity. you might be better served just hooking up a bunch of superbright white LED's to your harddrive monitor, as the drive it self will make them flicker pretty fast.