
Sabianq writes - "I used a Cold Cathode light kit for a computer to add more lighting to my jetta wagon" - Here's how it's done! Link.
HOW TO - Enhanced lighting for your vehicle
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Another source for cold-cathode lights is old flatbed scanners. I often see them on FreeCycle, and now that USB is so popular, SCSI and parallel-port scanners are no longer in demand. A typical flat-bed scanner contains a cold-cathode lamp (with power supply), a stepper motor (with gears and belt), an optical system and a controller board.
Anyone got any other ideas to use those parts?
John Honniball.
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