Scanner Hack

Watch how we take apart an old scanner we had laying around and we turn it into a nightlight the cool thing is that this light has several different color modes. So you can modify the colors as you wish

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Scanne hack
• Night light
• Hacked LED
• Hacked Scanner

[Drewmeikleham]

More info:

red is pin 2 on the strip, green is pin 3 and blue is pin 4. pin 5 is the ground.

to solder onto the thin wire i used a craft knife to peel the wire off of the ribbon and soldered it onto a 5 way rotary switch. it's neat :)

[HMInnovations]

@Drewmeikleham see and people e-mailed us saying that it was impossible!

[JnNmusic]

awesome iv got a lexmark scanner :P and what voltage can u use for the lamp? just 9V or 12v?

[HMInnovations]

@JnNmusic 9v. a 12 will blow it up :P

[sensoryhouse]

What percentage of scanners use these bulbs do you think.  I have pulled many a bulb out of old scanners and never seen a tri color bulb.

I REALLY WANT ONE OF THOSE.

What brand was the scanner and was it an older or newer model?

[HMInnovations]

i dont know what percentage of scanners, but we opened a Kodak and a Lexmark and both had this lightbulb in it.

[TiMMyAll3N]

I ripped the ribbon wire, any suggestions on how to fix the wire or an alternative to use the scanner

[DamenRoy]

I pull one of these out the other day. IT IS SO COOL!!! I wired it to a usb and now I can plug it in anywhere.

[DViverito1]

@yourmom232x The only difference is that kipkay sold out and doesn't make anything cool anymore, hes the worst youtube failure in my book at the moment.

[yourmom232x]

im not trying to be mean or anything but your acting like kipkay but with a worse camera

[rhblakeman]

@HMInnovations Some are CCFL lamps and some are LED bars.

[rhblakeman]

@brainfarth Yep a DIP or Dual Inline Package switch. Used to be common on motherboards back 25 yrs ago.

[brainfarth]

FYI: that is a Dip switch you are using.

[Wizzard033]

You can run 12v to these tye lights you simply need to use a 330 ohm 1watt resistor with to keep from roasting it ;D

[Wizzard033]

@Midnight6971

I pulled out three from Richon grey scale copiers with only green but they look great

[Midnight6971]

@sensoryhouse Any color scanner should have a bulb like this. The black & white scanners will not.

[fabiuh991]

--' led.

[gabrielito3500]

i try with a HP multifunctional, no works, 9 or 12 V kill the lamp :-(, maybe next time try with celular charger 3.2.v, :-(

[KefirGrain]

@Hibbel1 it's not electrically dangerous if working with low voltage as recommended. The LEDs do not produce harmful UV radiation. Because of the way the light is dispersed, it is not dangerous as it would be if looking directly into a lit LED from a short distance. With this type of scanner light, the LED light is dispersed by a special long plastic lens, so it is not concentrated. Please see my other post.

[KefirGrain]

The light is produced by red, blue, and green LEDs fixed at the end of the fixture. On top of the LEDs is a long piece of rectangular clear plastic, painted white alone an edge and gets thinner as it moves away from the LEDs. This reflects, disperses and mixes the different coloured lights evenly so that when 2 or more LEDs light up, we get different colours, by mixing the colours. White light is produced when all three primary coloured LEDs light up.

[Real454545]

@Hibbel1 YES THIS IS DANGEROUS FOR YOUR EYES, IT PUTS OUT HARMFUL UV !!!!!!!

[Hibbel1]

can be this dangerous?

[JFD492]

the one i have will operate on 3V

[renevideoboyhn]

Cool, hey, I have a lamp like this but I am a bit clumsy: D and disarmed

but not if it works. I have fear that something explodes or something haha

What should I do?

Thanks in advance for the video and greetings from Honduras: D

[Drewmeikleham]

@fawkUtube It's not UV light, it's a tri colour LED with a plastic diffuser strip. s'workin good.

[fawkUtube]

@Drewmeikleham why would you want a 6th finger? Advantages on the x-box? UV light is dangerous to skin and eyes. Lemme know how it works out.

[Drewmeikleham]

@fawkUtube i used a broken scanner that my dad gave me. why would you use a working colour scanner?

[Drewmeikleham]

@HMInnovations Nothing is impossible with science!