Plasma Ball

**Archangel** · 09-22-2005, 06:44 PM

well.. a relay is a electronically swiched swich.
you mainy have 4 pinns on a relay. 2 for the magnet to swich the swich insied ( its a electro magnet, so a inductor) the 2 other pinns are of the swich.
now, if you but a normal relay (so, a Normally Open, wich means, if no power is turned onto the inductor pinns, the swich is 'open'.) and you sold the 2 pinns of the inductor to a 4 pin molex. ( so 1 pin on the +12v and 1 on the ground. ) the swich would swich on when you turn on your pc.

now, you can sold 1 wire of the bal to the relay ( to 1 of the swich pins.) and the other pin, you link to the cable. the 2nd cable ( and the ground cable if it has one) tou can just put them back on the bal directly the way they were.

anyway, if you want to swich it this way, i recommend you swich the fase cable of the bal. ( so the 1 that carries the 120V. but since im not fammiliar with american electronic standards i cant tell you wich colour that is. but in the netherlands its brown) and make shure you isolate it properly afterwards. ( and if you can. tape the relay somewhere in the case, so it cant move around.)

if anything is unclear, please tell so, because my english isnt quite good.

Corbin · 09-22-2005, 07:21 PM

Yeah.....Sorry but i didnt really understand, could you get me pictures showing how to do it....... I LOVE pictures they help me alot

Curt · 09-22-2005, 09:10 PM

I can only imagine the sort of interference this would cause with your computer, especially while using your computers power supply (which will send the interfering signals to every component in the computer).
I once had a plasma ball that made my touch lamp across the room go nuts, it was pretty wild. Honestly, I don't think you want something like this in your computer.

Corbin · 09-22-2005, 11:08 PM

really??? So you think it will mess up my computer?? I saw a guy on the internet do it, which gave me the idea. He didnt say anything about interferance or anything. I'm just trying to have my computer stick out from the rest..... I was also thinking about putting in one of those disco ball spinny things instead, which would look pretty sweet.

09-22-2005, 06:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,281	well.. a relay is a electronically swiched swich. you mainy have 4 pinns on a relay. 2 for the magnet to swich the swich insied ( its a electro magnet, so a inductor) the 2 other pinns are of the swich. now, if you but a normal relay (so, a Normally Open, wich means, if no power is turned onto the inductor pinns, the swich is 'open'.) and you sold the 2 pinns of the inductor to a 4 pin molex. ( so 1 pin on the +12v and 1 on the ground. ) the swich would swich on when you turn on your pc. now, you can sold 1 wire of the bal to the relay ( to 1 of the swich pins.) and the other pin, you link to the cable. the 2nd cable ( and the ground cable if it has one) tou can just put them back on the bal directly the way they were. anyway, if you want to swich it this way, i recommend you swich the fase cable of the bal. ( so the 1 that carries the 120V. but since im not fammiliar with american electronic standards i cant tell you wich colour that is. but in the netherlands its brown) and make shure you isolate it properly afterwards. ( and if you can. tape the relay somewhere in the case, so it cant move around.) if anything is unclear, please tell so, because my english isnt quite good. __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

09-22-2005, 07:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
Corbin Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 106	Yeah.....Sorry but i didnt really understand, could you get me pictures showing how to do it....... I LOVE pictures they help me alot __________________ Thermaltake Tsunami case BFG Tech 7800 GT Asus A8V-E Deluxe M/B AMD X2 4800 2 GB RAM Seagate Barracuda 160GB Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 250GB Hard Drive Liquid Cooling System -Corbin-

09-22-2005, 11:08 PM	#14 (permalink)
Corbin Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 106	really??? So you think it will mess up my computer?? I saw a guy on the internet do it, which gave me the idea. He didnt say anything about interferance or anything. I'm just trying to have my computer stick out from the rest..... I was also thinking about putting in one of those disco ball spinny things instead, which would look pretty sweet. __________________ Thermaltake Tsunami case BFG Tech 7800 GT Asus A8V-E Deluxe M/B AMD X2 4800 2 GB RAM Seagate Barracuda 160GB Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 250GB Hard Drive Liquid Cooling System -Corbin-

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09-22-2005, 09:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
Curt Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Illinois Age: 23 Posts: 74	I can only imagine the sort of interference this would cause with your computer, especially while using your computers power supply (which will send the interfering signals to every component in the computer). I once had a plasma ball that made my touch lamp across the room go nuts, it was pretty wild. Honestly, I don't think you want something like this in your computer.