powering LED lights, and case mod

[runLoganrun]

Hey,

i'm putting in various led's in my case, but i'm not sure how to power them. they come in either 2 pin or 3 pin connectors, or some connect to 4 pin molex. How does one power the 2 pin plugs, aside from the pwr, hdd led connects? Is there an adapter available to connect these to a 4 pin plug, like several to one, or is it better to get the 3 pin ones and use splitters (don't have much left for fan connectors)?

also, does anyone have one of the mesh panel lian li cases that has done any mods to it?
I have a pc-6077 (the one with top to bottom 5.25" bays, or one of them). I want to ditch the stock hdd cage, which is a 2 bay insert that contains the power, reset, and case lights. I've installed a 3 bay one with bigger fan and now don't need the original one because I am building a file server. the 3 bay hdd cage that i installed does not have any of the switches or lights. I plan to replace the solid (empty) 5.25" bay covers with the mesh ones, and have a nice stainless steel power switch, and better led's, i need to mount these somewhere, and think a 5.25" bay cover would be the best thing.

what i want to know is what that mesh aluminum is like to drill through, if anyone knows. I also plan on putting a couple rocker switches in another cover (also mesh). Is this doable?

thanks a lot,
rlr

 

[ZMTToxics]

If your joining them to the 5V rails you will need to put them in series with a resister. I think its 345ohms you need (been a while for me). Too big a resistor and it wont light, too little and you'll blow the LED.

Good luck!

Edit: 390 is what you want.

 

[FLECOM]

 

[runLoganrun]

If your joining them to the 5V rails you will need to put them in series with a resister. I think its 345ohms you need (been a while for me). Too big a resistor and it wont light, too little and you'll blow the LED.

Good luck!

Edit: 390 is what you want.

I found led's that are connected to either 3 pin, or 4 pin(dual led) connectors. idk if they have resistors with them, but i assume they're fine as they're already hooked to connectors, and they're pass-through molex's so i can stack a couple together, and add a switch. sound good?

thanks

 

[ekuest]

if youre up for it, i prefer wiring them together instead of stacking molex connectors. makes it nice and clean and easy to hide. can sleeve/shrink wrap or even just electrical tape your connections. super easy to do and MUCH nicer looking. and thats the whole point of LEDs right? make it look nice?

 

[runLoganrun]

if youre up for it, i prefer wiring them together instead of stacking molex connectors. makes it nice and clean and easy to hide. can sleeve/shrink wrap or even just electrical tape your connections. super easy to do and MUCH nicer looking. and thats the whole point of LEDs right? make it look nice?

i'll have two dual led's, and one single. do i just make one main each, 5v and ground, connect that to a molex plug, and connect the lights along the wires? I'd throw a switch in too, would that be on the 5v before first light?

thanks,
rlr