Add switch to 12V?

[MeanUncleBob]

I'm doing a budget case mod before installing my new (budget) motherboard into the best case I have. The case was one of those with with light rods on the front and I want to put a switch in between them and the power supply. The power supply is a Antec true power trio 550W and the lights are not cold cathode but blue LEDs at the ends of some clear plastic rods.

Do you think this would be OK?

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Yes, you can install a power switch to turn the led lights on and off. Sould be a very easy project.

 

[Mondoman]

But remember that if you switch off the cool blue LEDs, your system will lose 90% of its processing power.

 

[jsc]

Mondoman, factoring in the phase of the moon with any loacal tide levels, I calculate a loss of 63.4% to 87.1%.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

roflmao!!!

 

[MeanUncleBob]

But remember that if you switch off the cool blue LEDs, your system will lose 90% of its processing power.

Guess it's a good thing I didn't paint them flat black like the rest of the shiny/bright stuff then.

I was thinking of replacing them with dowels, but I would have to buy those as opposed to the flat black paint I got for free. Then I was going to use them as a bed-reading lamp. Since I do most of my reading with an old rocketbook these days I don't really need a bright light.

 

[MeanUncleBob]

Mondoman, factoring in the phase of the moon with any loacal tide levels, I calculate a loss of 63.4% to 87.1%.

I didn't know anybody had heard of Loacal. It's such an obscure province of the Mu empire. Maybe you heard a reference to it because it borders on Macronia?