Lighting Question

[fyshawk]

I rescently joined this great forum it is full of awsum computer cases
I myself own two case they are Lian Li PC-61

and a Tsunami Dream case this is the case I am looking to brighten up a bit
now I have a Dual Cold Cathode Light Kit - Blue My power supply is a Xconnect 500 watt
it is the one that you only put in what power cords you need
Link Here
now the cords on my power supply are supposed to glow blue under uv light but they dont i was wondering if there is anything I can do to get them to.Seeeing they are not
I am also thinking of using this on them it is UV paint
Link to paint
now I can not afford to go and buy a watercooling set up god I wish I could because I think they look awsum when they are all lit up but I wish to try and get close to the same effect if any one here has any ideas I am open for suggestions thank you for looking in.Also If I placed this in the wrong part of the forum I apologize still getting use to forum.

 

[daedal]

What I'm thinking is happening is that either you don't have enough UV (IE, your cathodes aren't powerful enough, or are blocked by some object) or you have a differently colored cathode running which reduces the UV effect.

 

[fyshawk]

I have tried one of them on bottom of case and one in the top of case and still nothing i was going to go out and buy a couple more but 6" or 4" and put them in the along the side of the drive bays to see if that would help
Also another question is there any way you can extend the reach of those lits other then splicing them and adding more wire to them

 

[Altron3k]

if you have the x-connect power supply you linked, then the cables are def UV. The one good thing about this psu is that is glows pretty bright. With a UV tube on top and bottom, you should definitely see the reaction. Are you sure you are actaully using a UV light and not just some colored cathode? As Daedal said, do you have other color cathdoes shining in there also? Another color could overpower the UV lights and can kill the effect.

 

[Susquehannock]

Hmmm, what color is your Dual Cold Cathode Light Kit again?

That green UV paint might work on the cables. However it will flake off easily when you bend
the cable making a mess. And it will change everything green. Is that really what you want?

Also, you should be able to get water based UV reactive paint MUCH cheaper than that.
Look to your local hobby shop for poster paints etc ...
PC modding supply houses almost always rape you for basic stuff.

 

[jman1]

UV reactive clear paint and other UV stuff HERE at good prices

 

[fyshawk]

I am going to Bigfoot Computers tomorrow to pick up a couple of 2 x 120 mm and 1 x 92 UV reactive fans the ones that I have in my case are lit fans so that may be contributing to the wires in case not glowing as they should and I am also going to pick up at least two of these Logisys 2-in-1 Twin Cold Cathode - Blue/UV
from here --I will have to order them and hope it doesnt take forever to get here
XoXide

I am also going to pick up some Uv rounded cables for my DVD Drives and UV SATA Cables. I will post pics after I get everthing installed in there and see if that works But on the other hand i do want to get some UV paint for later mods if not on this case another one becausse the cases on this forum just seem to inspire me into doing somthing just a little more to my cmp cases

Also I would like to thank everone for taking the time to reply to my thread

 

[Nitro_APBT]

I have a feeling your CCFLs aren't UV, but just blue. I have an xconnect and with 1 UV led aimed at them from a distance you can see the difference. You have to remember though that they aren't going to glow like lights. They are going to have a low glow to them, and it looks cloudy, and not really blue.. hard to describe.

 

[SpectralFx]

You're cathodes are too bright. I have the same psu, (3) sunbeam uv cathodes, and they used to glow real bright (till i decided to hide all my wiring) Those blue cathodes are bright as hell.

2 cathodes are in the bottom nearest window, other is hidden behind cross bar (same case) Try this they look neat.

 

[Turgeis]

I have a feeling your CCFLs aren't UV, but just blue. I have an xconnect and with 1 UV led aimed at them from a distance you can see the difference. You have to remember though that they aren't going to glow like lights. They are going to have a low glow to them, and it looks cloudy, and not really blue.. hard to describe.

I agree, make sure that you have UV lights and not just plain blue ones...

 

[Susquehannock]

I agree, make sure that you have UV lights and not just plain blue ones...

Or ... make sure you do not have a set of the lesser UV tubes which are more purple than UV.
Most of those can be identified by a white inner tube instead of black.

A good set if UV cathodes should make your reactive components glow nice & bright.
Provided you don't have any other lights to dilute the effect that is.