{eVo}Ceribrus
05-25-2005, 12:12 AM
I could really use the advice of a guy who knows his stuff about UV reactive gear, Let me tell you why.
I have a new system that was custom build by a friend on mine, its a clear perspex case with a blue tint, and i have put 2 UV tubes inside stuck to the base so that the UV shines up, all the cables inside have been neatly bunched up with cable ties and then wrapped in a "UV reactive" kind of cable insulation that looks like a plastic wrap which is cork srewed so all you do is just twist it around the cables.
Now the problem i am having is that it seems like the UV bulbs do not make the cables glow as much as i would like, in fact you can hardly tell that they are shining at all.
The only thing i can think of is that initially i got the wrong bulbs and ended up with two Neon bulbs, i then reordered and got uv, but in my lazyness i just popped out the Neons and stuck in the UV's onto the Neons power box, which is like a black box twice the length of a match box, Will the neon power supply be a different power output to the uvs? if so all i need to do is swap, however, i do not think it will make much difference as i have unplugged one to see if the other brightens up, and there was little difference to be honest.
Also could it be i have simply bought some naff UV reactive cable insulation? or i have some Neon LEDS on my fans which are also blue could the UV be nutralised by the shining neon LEDS? or is that just such a dumb question that means i need a good kicking?
any advice is welcome, thank you people.
I have a new system that was custom build by a friend on mine, its a clear perspex case with a blue tint, and i have put 2 UV tubes inside stuck to the base so that the UV shines up, all the cables inside have been neatly bunched up with cable ties and then wrapped in a "UV reactive" kind of cable insulation that looks like a plastic wrap which is cork srewed so all you do is just twist it around the cables.
Now the problem i am having is that it seems like the UV bulbs do not make the cables glow as much as i would like, in fact you can hardly tell that they are shining at all.
The only thing i can think of is that initially i got the wrong bulbs and ended up with two Neon bulbs, i then reordered and got uv, but in my lazyness i just popped out the Neons and stuck in the UV's onto the Neons power box, which is like a black box twice the length of a match box, Will the neon power supply be a different power output to the uvs? if so all i need to do is swap, however, i do not think it will make much difference as i have unplugged one to see if the other brightens up, and there was little difference to be honest.
Also could it be i have simply bought some naff UV reactive cable insulation? or i have some Neon LEDS on my fans which are also blue could the UV be nutralised by the shining neon LEDS? or is that just such a dumb question that means i need a good kicking?
any advice is welcome, thank you people.