well, here is my tuppence worth.
UV cannons are an obvious one, the fixture itself is fairly cheap (maybe £30/40 second hand), but the bulbs are expensive (bout as same as the lamp!). It depends how much cash, and maybe how many uv drapes you have, as cannons can be quite powerful (depends on the wattage) and also directional, ie you can point them at stuff. Note that cannons have to be rigged far enough away from the punters, so that it doesn’t burn them! I often see powerful UV cannons within a few feet of clubbers. scary!
The other (cheaper) route to uv, that i know about, is to use a flouresent neon tube, which are basically the same fixtures u see in factories an offices. The fixtures and the tubes are cheap as chips (maybe £5 each). However, they look a bit cheap (they are usually nasty white), so they can look a bit crap unless you can mask the units cleverly.
The tubes are more efficient, power wise, if you plan to go outdoors a lot, in which case it might be worth thinkin about how u would rig them (either a cannon or tubes), to give them cover from the weather.
Cannons can probably take a little bit of rain, especially once they are actually on, but the tubes are vulnerable.
Other tips, moving mirror fixtures (noname calls em scanners, i think) are the cheapest in terms of bangs for your buck, so i’d go for them. they definately don’t like water tho.
Whilst these generally come with primitive sound to light, and maybe some standard repeating patterns, a simple control unit and DMX is a far better idea, as noname sez.
I’ve not got much idea in terms of purchasing, i remember helping buy a load of stuff from this lot once, they do have some ex-rental and bargains, but i think e-bay is your best bet.
http://www.aclighting.com/index.htm
Try and research the kit thoroughly b4 buying it via e-bay, tho.
Gotta go now, hope that helps.
