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Just thought I'd post this, might inspire others with different ideas.
But anyway I had an old scanner lying around so I stripped it down to see if anything usefull was in there and I found that the flouro light in it had its own little powersupply board which was fed with (you guessed it) 12v. The light was in a nice plastic holder with a couple of screw holes so it was piss easy to whack in the boot, puts out a fantastic white light that s**t all over the incandescent and uses half the power to boot.. 
I got the scanner from a PC repair tech mate who was gonna throw 'em but I've seen them on the sidewalk when the council has its hard rubbish collection.. Happy Modding!! 
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haha thats sweet man
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Ah Ha .. I have one of those at work - it is getting stripped tomorrow!!! Sweet dude, great idea!!!
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*hmph* there i was thinking you had something similar to the scanner on KITT from Knightrider
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Interceptor wrote: *hmph* there i was thinking you had something similar to the scanner on KITT from Knightrider
I must admit my first thought at that heading was the same!! lol
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Happy wrote: Interceptor wrote: *hmph* there i was thinking you had something similar to the scanner on KITT from Knightrider I must admit my first thought at that heading was the same!! lol Hahahaha If you want you can get a Knightrider Brake light kit from d**k or Jaycar to do that...
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i was thinking of fitting a scanning LED light setup into my rear spoiler (since half of my LED's in there have died)
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Hmmm I've got the led's in the rear window and I think theres enough room to fit one of these in there http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30589/article.html
but that kit isn't the one at Jaycar, looks like I'll have to make my own PCB and leave out the medley bits  don't know how you would go getting it into your spoiler????
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yeh, didnt think that far ahead, but i think there is a large PCB in there, may be enough room,
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Nice mod man, I like it.
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I like it also, thats why I just went and did this
Was quick and easy, just ripped apart my old scanner that no one can get a power supply for, and made the neon light useful. So much more brightness its not funny, even during day light, can't wait to give it a try tonite. Would have come is useful 2 days ago though wen I blew a tyre at 11 at night... Ah well, thats the way things go. Thanks for the idea mate.
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damn i have an old scanner lying out in the shed doing nothing. I am gonna rip it apart tonight i think
GREAT IDEA 
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For those without (dead) scanners. It's just a cold cathode fluro as available from jaycar in either bare or kit form.
I have two of those under the front seats, lights up the front and rear footwells beautifully. Might have to do the boot now.
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for those of u who have a bit of electronics confidence and wanna save a little money, try these guys http://www.pccasegear.com.au/category5_1.htm
i used to use them wen i was into modding my pc case, and used the scanners cathode with the kit that i got from them. had to make a few adjustments but know itll all run without a problem coz the pc's power supply is a 12V DC just like a car battery the kit has 2 plugs aswel, so if i really want i can connect my blue or green cathode too!!!  (think ill pass on that one...)
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dregg69 wrote: damn i have an old scanner lying out in the shed doing nothing. I am gonna rip it apart tonight i think
GREAT IDEA lol, thats exactly the situation that led me to do mine 
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