Lighting hood got here, but no way to suspend it... Help!

Splach · #1 12/22/2003, 11:07 PM

Hey all,

I purchased (yes sorry for all of you die-hard DIYers) a Hamilton lighting hood. Unfortunately it does not have anything to suspend the lighting with. So... Out come the tools on the $900 hood (ouch).

What I was thinking was centering a hole about 2" from each end drilled down through the reflector and the outer shell. Then putting in an round eye bolt. Then on the inside I would put one of those long strip washers to distribute the weight. I was going to use 2 things to suspend it. The first would be 2 pieces of lamp chain, the second was with braided steel wire running from the first hook, to the second hook and up to the ceiling. The concept is to provide a pulley system for when I need to get into the tank. Pull the steel wire, put it in an appropriately placed clamp, work on the tank, reverse process.

Comments? Will it work?

friedenmeister · #2 12/23/2003, 03:08 AM

somebody had a post the other day about using an electric winch to raise and lower the hood. it looked pretty awesome. does hamilton offer a mounting system?

Gary Majchrzak · #3 02/29/2004, 10:06 AM

See this thread!
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=328356

Splach · #4 02/29/2004, 11:26 AM

Gary, those look great, and very shiek. If I ever rehang mine that will be the way I go. You can see what I did here:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=284088

Gary Majchrzak · #5 02/29/2004, 11:47 AM

Wow... that's one heckuva thread. Your tank came out very nice!
How do you like the 400w 14KK Hamilton MH lamps?

friedenmeister · #6 02/29/2004, 08:12 PM

i bet those hamilton 14k's look awesome. i wish i had metal halide. 192watt PC 1 true actinic and 1 10k