AC Ryan UV Kit

Author: Ian Cunningham
Published on: 30-10-2005
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Performance

Cold Cathode Tube Performance

The Cold Cathode Tube kit was interesting, as some similar products seem to be plagued by high-pitched noises from the inverter and slow warmup times. Thankfully, neither of these effects was visible in this kit and was surprisingly silent. This CCFL set came with 2 x 30cm UV tubes which were very bright (certainly better than most I've seen), this allows you to place them either side of your case to light up many UV items. In the image below, the fan mesh and housing is lit up from the UV CCFL's alone.

Dual CCFL + UV Fan (not powered)

AC Ryan include a blanking plate with an on/off switch to manually toggle the CCFL lights if you only wish to use them certain times. Although this isn't a big deal, it is a welcome addition to those who would have constructed one anyway.

Conclusion

The final words...

There isn't an awful lot of benchmarking you can do when it comes to peripherals like this, however this bit of kit does exactly what it says on the packaging and looks great. Overall build quality is much better than some competing products, as all of the connections are shielded and the cold cathode is completely silent. For a little bit extra in cost you can get some better quality modding gear, however be sure to use a fan speed controller if you don't already have one. These fans aren't deafening, but aren't of the silent type that are now on the market.