Orange cathodes?

[iGod]

So, my friends and I are planning a Halloween LAN Party, and a thought bubbled up in me: that we could wire orange cathodes in our computers to just add to the Halloween spirit.

But one possible problem--these cathodes' existence. Do they?

 

[GAMMA_BLADE]

they do but they are extremely hard to find. your best bet it so find a faded red CC or wire some orange or "amber" led's up.to your ps. it would look cool.

 

[Xyrax]

Only been able to find one so far. It's outside the US though. May need to see if they ship internationaly.

http://www.customcases.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=265

 

[DRJ1014]

http://www.buypcbits.co.uk/acatalog/Ultraviolet__Reactive_IDE_ATA133_100_Round_cables.html

non in the us. i only found them in the uk

 

[Qtip42]

I swear the red ones that are supposedly "real red" are really just red/orange....with a bigger emphasis on orange. So might as well make it easy one yourself and just get one of the ones marked as red.

 

[Xyrax]

Found this.

http://www.light-mods.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=40

You could also go with a 4" red and 4" Yellow. Combined they should make orange. might even have a cool belnding effect

 

[Format _C:]

bump for someone in connecticut. and I bought a red one and it was more orange then red.

 

[dogmir]

dont know if it is much help but streetglow makes orange neon...not ccfl but for a one night stand it works...i used to use one in my pc like 4 years ago before ccfls were mass marketed...it worked great and not really that hot.....have a good day

 

[Xyrax]

In my searching I found a few people who said the Red CC's CompUSA sells are actually orange. One person described them as "a lame attempt at red".

 

[ST|FFY]

In my searching I found a few people who said the Red CC's CompUSA sells are actually orange. One person described them as "a lame attempt at red".

yea, i was going to suggest some red cathodes because some are orange looking...iirc some cathodes on newegg have reviews saying that they look orange instead of red

 

[theshadow27]

if you lower the frequency of the red cold cathode you can turn it orange. you just have to change 1 resisor on the inverter board

 

[iGod]

bump for someone in connecticut.

REPRESENT!

dont know if it is much help but streetglow makes orange neon...not ccfl but for a one night stand it works...i used to use one in my pc like 4 years ago before ccfls were mass marketed...it worked great and not really that hot.....have a good day

Wow, that's actually a damn good idea. I'll have to look into that. Thanks.

 

[thevampirelord66]

i saw orange at the local CompUSA the other day. Try there u might get lucky.

 

[starhawk]

these are not just cool... they are sort of orange. and in the us.

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/lit-92.html

 

[c44u]

Sunbeam makes a "red" CCFL that glows orange. You know you have the right one if the thin neon tube inside is orange instead of the usual white.

I know this because before I knew better, I ordered some 12" and some 4" 'red' CCFLs in the same order, and they shipped me 12" Sunbeams along with 4" other brandname I can't remember which glowed pink... I was mad cuz I couldnt use both together on the same project due to the different glow.