How to bling my case

tinners · 17 Feb 2007 at 17:19

As a noob to anything like case lighting etc am after a bit of advice.

Have a Lian-Li v1000 case and just bought some UV cables and a cold cathode kit as I fancied a bit of bling in my case and I was upgrading some other bits and pieces.

Where's the best place to mount the tubes to get max effect ? How many tubes will I need. The kit comes with 4 (30cm tubes) but think this is overkill really for my case.
http://www.sharkoon.com/enghtml/i_ccfl.htm#ccfl

What do people do about leaving them on. Do they stay on all the time or just when the PC is on ? I see they come with a power switch. Do I need this to be accessible then ?

Also I have seen some cool modded cases with LEDs on the mobos. Are these hard to do ?

topgun06 · 17 Feb 2007 at 17:37

tinners said:
Where's the best place to mount the tubes to get max effect ? How many tubes will I need?

What do people do about leaving them on. Do they stay on all the time or just when the PC is on ? I see they come with a power switch. Do I need this to be accessible then ?

Also I have seen some cool modded cases with LEDs on the mobos. Are these hard to do ?

Two tubes should be enough, top and bottom of the case. I have two 12" tubes and its adequate.

You link them up to your PSU so they are only on if you PC is on. The switch doesn’t need to be accessible (mine isn’t) it just lets you turn them off while your PC is on.

Never had any experience with LEDs on mobos...

PU7E · 17 Feb 2007 at 17:53

i do belive asus do mobos with onboard blue leds allready fitted

Brizzles · 17 Feb 2007 at 18:23

UV cables and cold cathodes wont work

For true UV you need "Black" lighting/cathodes.

Mark

Paolo · 17 Feb 2007 at 18:48

2x12inch is a lil bright,get 3x4inch instead

topgun06 · 17 Feb 2007 at 18:54

Paolo said:
2x12inch is a lil bright,get 3x4inch instead

Actually, for cathodes which are not UV thats true. I you go for UVs then 2 x 12" is suitable.

tinners · 17 Feb 2007 at 19:41

mrdbristol said:
UV cables and cold cathodes wont work

For true UV you need "Black" lighting/cathodes.

Mark

Maybe being a bit thick but please can you explain a bit more.

WotDa · 17 Feb 2007 at 20:15

tinners said:
Maybe being a bit thick but please can you explain a bit more.

Black light (also Wood's light) is the common name for a lamp emitting electromagnetic radiation that is almost exclusively in the soft near ultraviolet range, and very little visible light. In the United Kingdom this type of lighting is more commonly referred to as simply "UV light".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_light

tinners · 18 Feb 2007 at 19:07

WotDa said:
Black light (also Wood's light) is the common name for a lamp emitting electromagnetic radiation that is almost exclusively in the soft near ultraviolet range, and very little visible light. In the United Kingdom this type of lighting is more commonly referred to as simply "UV light".

Im still struggling

- why if "In the United Kingdom this type of lighting is more commonly referred to as simply "UV light"" would the UV lights not work to light up internal UV components ?

WotDa · 18 Feb 2007 at 19:15

mrdbristol said:
UV cables and cold cathodes wont work

For true UV you need "Black" lighting/cathodes.

k?

What he was saying, is that not all colours light up UV cables, you actually need to get UV cathodes.

tinners · 18 Feb 2007 at 20:02

WotDa said:
k?

What he was saying, is that not all colours light up UV cables, you actually need to get UV cathodes.

ah, i see. my post was less than clear. I bought a UV cold cathode kit so should be OK.