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Old 26-April-08, 05:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Led animation turn on when the computer is turned On

Well my dad just bought some leds light to decorate his house as i found that fascinating i told him that i could put some in my Case xP ,so the next day i told him to get one for me too ...He got the Red leds with animation stuffs (the things that we put on christmas trees xP )
But well that was pretty cool ,now that i want to do is to make it powerUp when i turn on the computer as the led animation is directly connected to the Wall Socket and it consumes 220 V @ 50 Hz i can't insert it in the 12 V from my Psu,what i 've thought is firstly to solder it to the PSU Wire coming from the wall Socket so no additional socket is in used because i lack those when my friends come to lan party every friday .I thought a lot of ways of installing the led but the problem is to make it running when my computer starts to RUN
Can someone tell how i could do that plz ... the led animation got 50 red leds so any idea ?

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Old 28-April-08, 07:08 AM   #2 (permalink)
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wiring it to the psu cord would leave it powered all the time. using a small, internally mounted power inverter may work though. power inverters convert 12vdc to 120vac, normally powered by car lighter sockets or direct from the battery.
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Old 29-April-08, 08:18 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Thx man i try it out thks very much for the idea of the inverter , i alrdy thought of soldering it to the PSU but as u say i will be on all the the TIme :/
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Old 29-April-08, 09:14 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Id do a little more research on electronics too before you go soldering anything to anything...
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Old 29-April-08, 10:48 AM   #5 (permalink)
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You could get a relay, rated for 250 volts that got a 12 volt coil circuit, and you could have the 12volt lead from psu powering the coil, even go through a switch first so you can turn them off.
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Old 30-April-08, 07:04 AM   #6 (permalink)
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THX man , perfect IDEA am will try to find the relay on friDay
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