If i take a cold cathode tube (neon tube) and cut the power, cord run it through a circuit then put it back together on the other side would it still work.. that is if my circuit was correct and everything.. i guess im asking if it needs all the power to run or if i can take some away from it and still have it work?
If this is related to another thread of yours then it was a bad idea to start a new one. However it's alright if this is a completely different question, you just need to give more detail.
sorta the same.. that other thread had the title of "fluorescent light help" so people were confused when i started talking bout cold cathode tubes so i just made a new thread.. does a cold cathode tube need all 12v to work, or can it run on 11 or even 10? i just dont want the thing to blow up or anything like that
The problem is many people won't make a link between this thread and the other so they won't be able to benifit from the comments made by others in it.
Please re-read the other thread, someone did say that cold cathode lamps require >1kV to start and this isprovided by an inverter if it is run from 12V. I did say that cold cathode tubes aren't best suited to your application.
I had an old AT power supply blow on me once...garbage picked it and when I flipped it on it decided to fry my power cord...cool fireworks though . (I figured out later that the switch was wired backwards...oh well)