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make neons wigwag with music?

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Printed Date: June 04, 2024 at 2:55 PM


Topic: make neons wigwag with music?

Posted By: maximal
Subject: make neons wigwag with music?
Date Posted: June 17, 2005 at 3:20 AM

I posted this in the relay section last year, but it was never answered...

I need to replace a SPDT relay with something that is silent.

here's the background:
I have a Streetglow Music Interface and a lot of blue and turquoise neons.  The Music Interface has an on/off switch and a music/light switch.  When the switch is on "light," all the lights are on, constantly.  When switched to "music," it gives off a constant positive(+)  signal to the neons and the negative(-) signal switches on and off...on when there's a beat, and off when it's silent. 

If you add a SPDT relay to the negative output of the MI, you can have the neons flash alternately.

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The problem is that the relay clicks loudly.  Not only that, it clicks once or twice a second.

"Thinkster" from the12volt.com drew this out for another member with the same idea.
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The problem is that it has 12v+ outputs.  I need 12v-.  I've been trying to email him for months but he's never gotten back to me.

I plan on using another switch to choose between having both the blue and turquoise neons on at the same time, or having them flash alternately.  I want to still be able to control the neons normally from the music interface.  

Here's what I want to do...
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I changed the way the relay is set up...
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When the MI is set to flash to the music, and the blue neons flash, the turquoise one should not.  And vice versa.

Can somebody help me come up with a way to replace the relay?  I need something that is solid-state (silent) that will also handle about 6-10 amps.  SPDT solid-state relays are out of the question since they're ~$300




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Posted By: Theshadow27
Date Posted: June 17, 2005 at 10:02 AM
you can just switch the transistors around in the original circut...
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Posted By: maximal
Date Posted: June 18, 2005 at 12:23 AM
are you serious?  i've been waiting over a year for a response from somebody, and all i had to do was switch the transistors!  unbelievable!  thanks theshadow




Posted By: maximal
Date Posted: June 22, 2005 at 3:29 AM
theshadow27, it didn't work.  posted_image  PM sent...





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