Question 1

How exactly are these powered? Which adapter? I cant really tell.

Accepted Answer

It's a standard (old school) Molex connector.  There are no switches, or special adapters.  The LED stick lights up when you power on your computer.

Question 2

How is does this get attached to your case?

Accepted Answer

The led strip itself is encased in a clear tube, at the end of this tube, on each end, is a clear cube. LOGISYS includes a male and female velcro pad for each end that you just peel the paper off of the adhesive backing, apply one side to each end cube of the stick and the other to your case and stick. As you can tell if you have read the reviews, the included velcro is not real great, mine fell of in less than 24H, but if you do use it, I suggest putting the male and female pads together on the stick and then sticking the stick to the case instead of putting one side on the stick and one side on the case and trying to line them up, it makes it easier to have them perfectly together this way. A lot of people have suggested using 3M mounting tape, and I will be using it as well when I get around to it, this is good to have around anyways if you are a frequent computer builder as it is good for a lot of mods and mounting ssd's. You could also use plastic zip ties if you are so inclined, feel free to get creative with the mounting but honestly it is not very complicated.

Question 3

Is there a way to turn these off while the computer is running?

Accepted Answer

There is not a way built into them to turn them off. However, you could wire them through something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811997015 That would give you the ability to switch them on and off.

Question 4

It says it has a female and male molex connector. Does that mean I can connect one end to my PSU and attach my case fan to the other to power both? All 3 of the molex connectors from my PSU are being used by case fans and was wondering if I will need a splitter to run this too.

Accepted Answer

It's been awhile since my build using this light, but if I remember, it has the typical molex plug in which one side is male and the other female.  In effect, your number of available connectors remains the same.

Question 5

If I do not have a molex connector what is the best way to connect this to my computer?

In my case: 
Asus Z170-A Motherboard
Corsair CX-600M PSU

Accepted Answer

If you don't have a molex you can either cut the wire and hook it up directly, which I don't recommend if you're not good at splicing wires, or purchase a "PCIe to Molex" adaptor and use one of your spare PCIe cables to power this.

Question 6

Want to make sure I'm thinking right.

Here are the stats from Logisys site:

11.8" Acrylic Tube
    18 Pcs LED Lights
    27.5"(70Cm) Wire Length
    22 AWG Wire with 4Pin male and female connectors
    The wire can be cut as bare wire for D.I.Y projects.
    12V DC Input.
    Operating Voltage: 12VDC
    Operating Current: ~90mA/Per Lamp
    Power Draw: 1.1w/per Lamp
    Two Molex Connectors, one male one female

I'm looking for the total watt per STICK. I think they are calling it a lamp here. Not sure.
So, the operating current is 90ma and it's a 12VDC, technically it is 1.08 watts per STICK? Correct?

I have no idea what one LED would be drawing.

I'm putting four of these through a 'power' hub and do not want to hit the hub with too much wattage.

Accepted Answer

The better question to ask is what is your psu, if you are running anything 500 or greater plugging one or even two of these wont make a difference. Just for reference I had a CX500 before I upgraded to a 750 and had two of these led sticks and 5 led light and 9 fans (before I went to a water cooled loop h100i, im running 7 now) on the 500. thats just in the "accessories and cooling" department. They really have less draw than what you estimated its closer to .96 with your power management options. Hope that helps!

Question 7

I am having a hard time getting this product to work. I plugged it into my power supply and nothing is happening. Im not sure what I am doing wrong or if im doing anything wrong. Maby the LED'S are just bad ? I have a 750 evga power supply.

Accepted Answer

Could just be a bad unit, these are mass produced so there's a chance of it being bad. If possible try another plug from the psu, or use a volt meter to measure the plug off the psu and make sure it's getting proper power. If it's getting power and not lighting up rma it or just buy another since idk if 9$ is worth rma'ing it. If your power supple is modular make sure the plug is properly plugged/seated into the psu.

Question 8

How long are the molex cables?

Accepted Answer

Mine is 26.5 inches, assuming there is some level of varieance amoung products, i would expect the cable to at least be 24 inches in length.

Question 9

What are the dimensions of the plastic cubes at the end of the stick? Also, is it possible to remove the led strip from the tube and safely use it without being inside the tube?

Accepted Answer

once you remove the cubes, it generally messes up the wireing and they don't work. if you can remove the cubes successfully, then the led will work safely since led does not make heat. the cubes are about 1/2 inch x 1/2 inch. I found the cubes actually make a good standoff and provides a little better lighting effect.

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