Page 2: Lights, Testing, Conclusion
<B>The Lights</B>:
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I wanted to make sure these were really UV, and there are a number of ways to easily tell. If you have a white shirt on, your shirt will glow with a violetish tint. First I made sure they worked, as you can see in the first picture. Let me explain why they look bluish. Since blue is very close to the UV area of the spectrum, we can conclude that since my camera really sucks, it mistakes UV for blue. Good Job HP! The second picture is with the flash on, showing the real purple color.
<B>The Test</B>:
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Now for the real UV test. I didn't have any glow in the dark things (yeah, glow in the dark, don't get any ideas...), but I did have something that would tell me pretty easily if these are really UV. Highlighters have the same kind of phosphorescent quality as the glow in the dark thingies. The first pic is the cathodes off, the second is with them on, the light isn't being directed to the paper than well, but you can see the places near the edges of the cathode glowing. The third pic is the cathodes held behind the camera, look how the paper and the highlighting glows, it seems that it is giving off its own light. That's awesome.
<B>The Possibilities</B>:
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If you took my advice and bought yourself the blue cathode kit, you can buy this one and mix them together. Now I have two sets of Blue/UV cathodes, and it works awesome. The blue is on the left of the pic and the UV is on the right. You can tell by seeing the highlighting glow or not.
<B>Conclusion</B>:
UV cathodes and lights in general are awesome. It is cool when you walk into a place and your white shirt and sneakers glow, yeah it is just like that. I've got quite a few case mods that I'm thinking about with some UV reactive spray paint and fans and such. There is also fluid that you can get for your water cooling setup that'll glow just like the highlighters (Or you can make your own). With all the possibilities, how can you go wrong with these UV cathodes? You can't!
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</center>I wanted to make sure these were really UV, and there are a number of ways to easily tell. If you have a white shirt on, your shirt will glow with a violetish tint. First I made sure they worked, as you can see in the first picture. Let me explain why they look bluish. Since blue is very close to the UV area of the spectrum, we can conclude that since my camera really sucks, it mistakes UV for blue. Good Job HP! The second picture is with the flash on, showing the real purple color.
<B>The Test</B>:
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</center>Now for the real UV test. I didn't have any glow in the dark things (yeah, glow in the dark, don't get any ideas...), but I did have something that would tell me pretty easily if these are really UV. Highlighters have the same kind of phosphorescent quality as the glow in the dark thingies. The first pic is the cathodes off, the second is with them on, the light isn't being directed to the paper than well, but you can see the places near the edges of the cathode glowing. The third pic is the cathodes held behind the camera, look how the paper and the highlighting glows, it seems that it is giving off its own light. That's awesome.
<B>The Possibilities</B>:
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</center>If you took my advice and bought yourself the blue cathode kit, you can buy this one and mix them together. Now I have two sets of Blue/UV cathodes, and it works awesome. The blue is on the left of the pic and the UV is on the right. You can tell by seeing the highlighting glow or not.
<B>Conclusion</B>:
UV cathodes and lights in general are awesome. It is cool when you walk into a place and your white shirt and sneakers glow, yeah it is just like that. I've got quite a few case mods that I'm thinking about with some UV reactive spray paint and fans and such. There is also fluid that you can get for your water cooling setup that'll glow just like the highlighters (Or you can make your own). With all the possibilities, how can you go wrong with these UV cathodes? You can't!