UV Cathodes

[Nazbit]

Hi all,

I have two Blue cathodes in my rig at the moment, and I was thinking of adding 2 UV ones as my psu cables are UV reactive and some new cathodes will show it off quite well, I've also bought a watercooling loop this week so Im going to put some UV reactive dye in that aswell.

My question though, its my understanding that UV light only reflects off other things and because of its wave length, cant be seen coming from the cathodes themselves? Is this the case? Do the cathodes emit light visable to the human eye or do they just reflect of UV sensitive things?

If anyone has any pics then that would be good too.

Cheers

 

[Nazbit]

Thanks mate, Thats very helpful.

Is it true that having other cathodes in the case at the same time spoils the UV effects?

I intend to have 2 UV cathodes and 2 Blue cathodes in there together.

Does anyone have any pictures of cases that contain both UV cathodes and some other coloured ones?

Cheers

 

[Nazbit]

I think what I might do, is get a couple of small UV cathodes, so I can get them in funny places, like in the back plate of the case above the expansion slots and across the PSU bay, this will put them close to the items that are actually UV reactive.

Then when I get them I wil decide if I should take the blue ones out and just have the UV, or run them all at once.