How many watts of UV lighting for your room?

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I've never done the UV thing before in my rooms but figured I'd give it a go. This time around. I threw a couple of UV LED bulbs in an overhead light fixture thinking they would do the trick but barely anything glows.

How much power and what kind of lights are you using to get that classic UV arcade vibe in your room?
 
I don't how "classic" it is, but I've got 12 of these 12W 4' 365nm Blacklight LED tubes illuminating close to 960 sq ft of crazy carpet in grade8arcade.

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Photo's of the carpet glowing before furniture and games moved in.
You did it right. The downwash lights the carpet, but not the CRTs as much. Nicely done!
 
Just keep in mind if using LED uv bulbs if your using a 365nm it is more of an invisible uv you won't see the purple hue like other uv led bulbs that produce more of a purple hue which is closer to the florescent black light blue which is in range of 400nm to 410nm, 365nm is more for making florescent colors stand out with out that purple hue glow, so if you are use to a purple glow from florescent bulbs that just light up an area plus make things glow than you won't need as many for a room like a 2 car garage
 
I went a slightly different route. Since I didn't have any UV carpet and didn't want to put in a bunch of dedicated UV light fixtures, I bought some spot UV units and placed them strategically to light up certain elements, like the conduit that I had put some UV cloth tape over.

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I went a slightly different route. Since I didn't have any UV carpet and didn't want to put in a bunch of dedicated UV light fixtures, I bought some spot UV units and placed them strategically to light up certain elements, like the conduit that I had put some UV cloth tape over.

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I'm not usually a fan of emphasizing functional things like conduit, outlets, wiring, pipes, etc. I've seen people paint that stuff and it just seemed like too much. But your example looks pretty cool IMO!
 
I've also blocked out wandering light, so it shines just where it needs to be, rather than monitors (or eyes). I can't stand ambient UV light, bugs my eyes, so there is no direct line of sight for anyone to see the actual bulbs/fixtures.
 
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