If I am not mistaken the CCFL tubes are AC and the PSU is DC so you will need to convert AC to DC.. so you cannot hard wire it.
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yup dont work tryed it before
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I had this question earlier as well. He is right, you cannot hardwire the CCFLs to 12v, you need to go through the converter box. It's a pain, but I made it look pretty
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why would wire length matter?
shouldn't there be enough voltage in those wires to carry it many many feet easily?
Originally Posted by radodrill Yes the inverter is necessary, but here's another word of caution; if you want to change the length of the wiring between the CCFL tubes and the inverter, it can not be extended by much (5-10 cm max) as when the wiring is too long the light will not illuminate correctly (often resulting in only half the tube being lit) |
shouldn't there be enough voltage in those wires to carry it many many feet easily?
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On my sig build i extended a ccfl like 2.5x original length and it worked fine.
Originally Posted by radodrill It doesn't really make much difference how long the 12V supply to the inverter is; it's the high voltage AC line from the inverter to the CCFL tube that's critical, I've tried extending the wiring for several CCFLs tubes with similar results. |
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