How Do You Hang Your Lights
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fab
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What is 80/20 bar?
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My lights are on a DIY suspension and hoist system designed with full attention to anti-corrosion measures. All metal parts are either 6063 alloy aluminum or 316 alloy stainless steel for their improved corrosion resistance properties. The suspension lines are dyneema which is a 100% non-corrosive material. Wherever aluminum and steel are joined, nylon shouldered bushings and spacers keep them from touching in order to mitigate galvanic corrosion problems.
I designed and built two separate frames from 6063 aluminum channel extrusions, 1x1x1x 1/8. The frames are mirror images of each other. Each frame holds 4 Radion light fixtures.
The frames are suspended on 1.5mm diameter Dyneema ropes that are so thin that they are nearly invisible unless you are really trying to see them. The Dyneema ropes are rigged to two winches that raise and lower the light frames independently of each other. I can hoist either or both frames on commands from my Apex controller or from a handheld wireless controller or manually.
The winches are mounted near the ceiling of my equipment room located behind the display tank.
All assembly and rigging hardware is 316 stainless steel. For rigging suspension points I attached ss ferrule pad eyes to the frames. Pulleys and fairleads and eye beckets route the Dyneema cords to the winches. Rigging lines are splayed outward from the light frames to eliminate totally any sway or rotation of the frames when they are disturbed; e.g., when lifted, lowered or bumped.
My lights are configured with a combination of normal and wide angle lenses to provide well spread, overlapping light over rocky areas and tighter, more deeply penetrating beams over sandy bottom areas. By being able to raise and lower the light frames automatically I have additional degrees of freedom to work with in varying my lighting conditions throughout the day beyond only controlling intensity.
I designed and built two separate frames from 6063 aluminum channel extrusions, 1x1x1x 1/8. The frames are mirror images of each other. Each frame holds 4 Radion light fixtures.
The frames are suspended on 1.5mm diameter Dyneema ropes that are so thin that they are nearly invisible unless you are really trying to see them. The Dyneema ropes are rigged to two winches that raise and lower the light frames independently of each other. I can hoist either or both frames on commands from my Apex controller or from a handheld wireless controller or manually.
The winches are mounted near the ceiling of my equipment room located behind the display tank.
All assembly and rigging hardware is 316 stainless steel. For rigging suspension points I attached ss ferrule pad eyes to the frames. Pulleys and fairleads and eye beckets route the Dyneema cords to the winches. Rigging lines are splayed outward from the light frames to eliminate totally any sway or rotation of the frames when they are disturbed; e.g., when lifted, lowered or bumped.
My lights are configured with a combination of normal and wide angle lenses to provide well spread, overlapping light over rocky areas and tighter, more deeply penetrating beams over sandy bottom areas. By being able to raise and lower the light frames automatically I have additional degrees of freedom to work with in varying my lighting conditions throughout the day beyond only controlling intensity.
fab
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Thanks. I had no idea what it was. I'll check them out. Most of my materials came from McMaster-Carr, Grainger and rigging suppliers.
Reeflogic
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Yeah, I got mine from there as well, but I had to pay for shipping from multiple outlets, which wasn't that big of a deal, just had to wait for various pieces and cost a little extra. From what I hear, 8020 ships all from one location.
WilRams
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Yup like someone else said same stuff your using. I like ordering from 8020.net because they pretty much have anything I need. Also as said shipping isn't too bad. I just received 2 48" bars, 2 24" bars, some guessets and other hardware for less then $15 in shipping.
This is what I am going to be using on my ceiling.
thermoJoe
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Some are here http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=20763407&postcount=2747
But the tank is located in an unfinished basement, so not very aesthetically appealing
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5Bucks
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I adapted AI tank mounts and rails.
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baseballfanatic2
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What heatsink is that?I made this a few weeks ago
