cheepest ccfls

[ryuji]

my ccfl inverter shot a capacitor at my head and my friend, overreacting broke my ccfl tube but saved my motherboard, so im up for a new one... spend the $20 at compusa for one or you guys know where i can get em cheep

 

[blindviper]

http://www.svc.com/ccfltubes.html

 

[ryuji]

http://www.svc.com/ccfltubes.html

white looks appealing... anybody/you got experience with putting celophane over white to do any color you desire; heat problems? (dont say duh a cold cathodes cold, my old ccfl got warm to touch) how about fancy stuff like liquid neon how about dual color tubes

 

[Morphes]

they call them cold cathodes due to the gas that lights it up, not a temp. But white ones look awsome, i would recomend theater gels over celephane wrap though, that way u get a full range of colors to choose from and they are made alot better. SVC is awsome great site

 

[foofighter06]

i would recomend theater gels over celephane wrap though

Pardon my lack of results on google, but what are theater gels>?

 

[anti]

theater gels are sheets of colored plastics that very in thicknes and whatnot.

 

[paraxion]

Oh wow, something I actually have experience with

Gels are like cellophane, as anti said, but thicker and heat-resistant. They're made to go in front of the huge, heat-pumping lights used in stage productions - that said, though, one of the redheads (500W spotlights) we used once actually melted the gel we were using.... fun!

A search for Colored Gel Sheets turns up a few options. It's pretty expensive, though - but it's tough, and best of all, it doesn't crease like cellophane.

 

[Captain Colonoscopy]

http://www.svc.com/ccfltubes.html

SVC is the shiznit. Best prices on CCFLs and fans.

 

[DiZASTiX]

Yep, SVC will probably be your best bet but also check out getmods, though they are closing they are still bringing good deals:

http://getmods.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=243

they sell just the inverter if you just need that...