cshort@nmsu.edu (Spmg*d, Lord of Potted Meat Product) (02/07/91)
hi, i am involved in some video work that involves lots of people dressed cyberpunk running around in the desert with flourescent tubes. since this is the desert and we don't have any 40 mile extension cords, we need a way to power these from dc any ideas? i was thinking 12 volts through a 555 to a car coil. will this work, is there a better way, and does anyone have any schematics that would help me out. thanks chris |----------------------|---------------------- | |the world is spam and | | | we are but the key | Spamg*d, lord of potted meat | |--------|-------------| cshort@nmsu.edu | | New Mexico State University | | Computing Research Labratory | | genebank, bionet, nethacker |-------------------| |Read the Avon paperback |SpamKey productions| | -------------------------|-------------------|
bender@oobleck.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael Bender) (02/07/91)
In article <CSHORT.91Feb6173910@haywire.nmsu.edu> cshort@nmsu.edu (Spmg*d, Lord of Potted Meat Product) writes:
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->hi, i am involved in some video work that involves lots of people
->dressed cyberpunk running around in the desert with flourescent
->tubes.
->
->since this is the desert and we don't have any 40 mile extension cords,
->we need a way to power these from dc
->
->any ideas?
how about taking apart one of those battery-powered flourscent
camping lanterns and seeing what's inside it??
mike
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