Glowing spir@l goodness

[GenGoku]

I must be blind today (it's only 5:52am ). I cant find the UV lights on either site, just cold cathode

PCMods

dang these things are expensive ;p

if i were to get white rounded cables, would those apear be bluish with this light? how many do i need to get a good effect?

[jbe]

ok, i'd like to put some dye-lite in my water to make it glow in UV light, but i also want to put something in there to stop corrosion and keep sh!t from growing, i'll probably be putting green dye-lite in there, so what else could i put in there that would stop the corrosion but not take away from the green dye-lite color?

[icel0rd]

I use antifreeze mixed with pure distilled water. It will take care of critter growth in your fluid and parts and also protect your parts from corrosion.

Mix it with green dye-lite for the glow effect.

BTW, I scoured the net for UV excited dye, and learned a few things. First off, there is no blue dye-lite, its just a blue dye, which isn't really UV excited. There is blue/white dye-lite, but its not a strong blue.

You can get bright blue UV excited dye, but the only places I could find it were from medical suppliers, and it was pretty expensive no matter where you found it. I forgot the name of the substance as its understood in the medical community (the blue stuff), but you can find it via a search engine if you type "UV excited blue dye".

I did find a site with both UV excited and non UV excited fluid dye that had reasonable prices (non-medical stuff). It had red and green UV excited, but the blue was again, not UV excited. You may be interested in getting some of that blue dye and adding the dye-lite bue/white to it, but then you would still need something to prevent corrosion and critter growth.


-Ice-

[Cyco-Dude]

putting blue dye in blue/white UV dye most likely wont make it glow any better. also, most Antifreeze already glows green, so you dont need to add green UV dye to it.

to GenGoko:
that is a blacklight. the cold cathodes are flourescent lights. the blacklight version is the one you want; the others ('red', green, blue, etc) will just cast colored light. you can get 4 inch CCs (including UV CCs) from ZXmods for $11 a piece. 2 or 3 of em would be plenty. or, one 12 inch from ZXmods or PCmods, mounted vertically, would also work.

[Dr. Caligari]

from my days playing shows... I seem to recall woolite glowing blue under a black light.

I wonder if it would bubble up in an inline system?

[GenGoku]

Cyco-Dude:

Thanks for the linkage. I think i'll get one 12" UV CC that has already been modded; the 4" are almost the same price. Where would be the best place to mount these things?

[Cyco-Dude]

that depends on your case. in a typical ATX case, you should be able to mount a 12 inch CC vertically, either along the front or rear inside of the case. mounting the light vertically will cast an even amount of light on the MoBo and expansion cards. if you mounted the light horizonatally along the bottom or top (maybe on the support bar...if your case has one), the light will stop at the AGP card (thus creating a shadow or unlight area under or above the card).
so if you only use one light, mount it vertically. if you use 2 lights, you will want them mounted horizontally with one along the bottom, and one along the top (if you mount them vertically, it'll look like crap since they will kinda 'wash out' in the middle of the MoBo, but if they are mounted horizontally, the bottom part of the MoBo will be one color, while the top will be the other color (if you are using a dual-color setup anyway...theres no point in using two 12 inch CCs of the same color, as one is MORE than enuff to compleatly light up the interior of a case)).

[GenGoku]

The case i'm planning on using this type of setup with is a Lian Li PC65. I suppose the best way is to actually have the CC UV and try it all different ways.

My color matching ability isn't all that great; would anyone have some suggestions on what other (if any) colors would look good with a blue theme (pretty sure i'll make the hose blue).

[Cyco-Dude]

blue and red look pretty good together...
but keep in mind if you do use regular CCs, the glowing effect from the blacklights will be diminished a bit...

[GenGoku]

what if i just use these (last 12" UV in purple text).

blue water and red rounded cables? vice-versa?

[Cyco-Dude]

lol, its your comp, you decide

[GenGoku]

hehe, i'm just making sure i get the right parts that will give enough light. dont wanna end up with too much (wasted/spare part) or too little (buy again & shipping will be more than if i got 2) and having parts that don't show up though the window