How to mount a Kessil to the ATI Sunpower.

[Berlibee]

How to mount a Kessil to the ATI Sunpower:

This is really a long time that I want to add a Kessil 160we to my ATI Sunpower. A week ago I found a nice deal on the local reef forum ! After a few days of search how to attach a Kessil to the fixture I haven't found anything that I could use online. So hours and hours in Home Depot and I found the way I like and the right degree that I wanted, I was lucky with the right fixture design as well hehehe ... So I've attached with a 7.5" bar pull, cheap and so many option guys for any kind of tastes, curved, brushed, shiny, black ... any that you like. Here is the result:

Good luck !

 

[mcarroll]

Sweet! Can you angle it down a little?

 

[Berlibee]

Sweet! Can you angle it down a little?

No you can't but probably you can find how to adjust the bar so you can do it.
The small "legs" can be unscrewed so you can add a part there with angle adjustment but I haven't looked for, sorry.

 

[Scurvy]

Nice, It looks great!

 

[Berlibee]

Thanks!

 

[Scurvy]

Bookmarked this last year as i was moving towards something similar. Here's what I wound up with.

I used articulating speaker mounts so they can be angled,pointed in any direction. Added the T5 to my Kessils back in February but waited until i knew I liked the combo before modding the fixture.

 

[Berlibee]

nice!

 

[GoVols]

nice!

Are you getting the Kessil shimmer at full daylight with the t5's running?

 

[Scurvy]

Are you getting the Kessil shimmer at full daylight with the t5's running?

I still get some shimmer with the t5's running but not nearly as much as the morning or evenings when its just the Kessil. The kessil color maxes out at 15%, I could probably tweak the color/power and affect shimmer a little bit if i really wanted to.

 

[ramabama]

Glad to hear I am not the only one walking around Home Depot like a lost puppy. Ha Ha! Mod looks great.

 

[GoVols]

Glad to hear I am not the only one walking around Home Depot like a lost puppy. Ha Ha! Mod looks great.

Lol,
Have you ever got the crazy look from one them when your telling them what your trying to do?

 

[ramabama]

Lol,
Have you ever got the crazy look from one them when your telling them what your trying to do?

Oh heck yea. Most of the time they also seem to lose any interest in helping too. Can't say I blame them. The best thing though is the person who has the horrible job of walking around asking people to do a water test see me and go the other way.

 

[Scurvy]

Lol,
Have you ever got the crazy look from one them when your telling them what your trying to do?

LOL, yup!! I was flat out told they had nothing that would work... Of course I found what I needed.

 

[brett_schn]

@ thread op what t5 bulb combo are you running?

 

[Berlibee]

x4 or 6 B+, x1 Purple +, x1 Coral Plus ( it's for 6 or 8 bulbs fixture ).

 

[choss]

anyone try to match 360s with a Giesemann Spectra?

 

[The Reef Dork]

How's this going a few months in? Great shimmer? Are you happy with it?

 

[BoomCorals]

That is pretty awesome

 

[Wendy Eaton]

What is the name of the articulating speaker mount that you used? Can you post a link? Did you get it at Home Depot or some other place?

These mods look awesome!

 

[Berlibee]

How's this going a few months in? Great shimmer? Are you happy with it?

It's nice and I like it, but shimmer is not that hard as when the Kessil is used solo.

What is the name of the articulating speaker mount that you used? Can you post a link? Did you get it at Home Depot or some other place?

These mods look awesome!

It's not a speaker mount. It's bar pull, go in the section where they are selling the bar pulls, there is like 30 different styles.
https://www.google.com/search?q=htt....69i57j69i58.222j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8