Help with UV

robmac65 · 21 Nov 2014 at 17:30

Anyone with any experience and success on doing UV lighting, I have UV reactive tube with Mayhems UV reactive fluid in and 2 cold cathode lights, but it just isn't what I want and looks nothing like I imagined,

What do i need to do???

The lights are too bright too!

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Uncle Petey · 21 Nov 2014 at 17:31

Might be because you're using white cathodes instead of UV ones

robmac65 · 21 Nov 2014 at 17:33

They say that there uv on the pack.

EDIT : sorry the advert on the website????

Uncle Petey · 21 Nov 2014 at 17:38

In that case, someone screwed up and put the wrong cathodes in the box or mis-labeled the advert. UV cathodes won't illuminate the case like that, but white ones will.

For comparison, here's my old build with two UV cathodes in the same locations as yours: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24172842&postcount=100

robmac65 · 21 Nov 2014 at 17:43

Umm thats what I want, looks like I need to send them back, cheers.

Michaeljcox24 · 21 Nov 2014 at 20:55

I built a rig with UV cathodes this year, and in my experience, they are anything but too bright. They only really make the tubes close to the cathode change, and the rest look normal, so correct positioning is important.

DataVampire · 21 Nov 2014 at 22:22

They are defo white cathodes

Mayhems · 22 Nov 2014 at 01:19

Is that Blood Red or UV red also what rad is that if you dont mind me asking.

robmac65 · 22 Nov 2014 at 02:17

They are sending me the correct ones now 1st class, Its uv red (concentrate) mixed with Mayhems red and DIW with xspc ex360 and ex240, prime 95 only tops out @ 31c

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Mayhems · 22 Nov 2014 at 03:05

It looks very dark to me. you may need to boost the UV aspect of it with UV Pink tbh as having a deep dark red will kill a lot of the UV aspect of the colour off.

robmac65 · 22 Nov 2014 at 09:53

Was thinking about dropping the lot and flushing, then re doing with just the UV red and diw with some nuke, it does state that I can mix the 2 (uv + red) on the bottles though.

The tube is actually uv red, the colour was mainly for the res.

Need the new lights to come yesterday!!!

Sarah469 · 22 Nov 2014 at 12:37

bought some primochill UV blue tubing from here, it goes a purple colour with the right light on it

Mayhems · 23 Nov 2014 at 05:41

UV Red or UV Pink are the worst for staining and this is normal.

robmac65 · 26 Nov 2014 at 09:28

Better now I have received the correct tubes, but flaming hell its pink under UV need change that, the plugs on the Be quiet! even react to it and the fans as well

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What looks best under UV? The red UV in the res doesn't even glow at all!

Was thinking Green??

No glow from the res

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Michaeljcox24 · 26 Nov 2014 at 09:39

Lol. I had some supposed red cathodes from OcUK and they were pink when the lights were turned off.

I go with with UV blue, but I see a lot of green ones. Go for it.