No worries "Cash" at the speed this has played out I know I'm a huge target. Seriously if I had hired myself for this work I'd have fired myself eons ago. "Holy crap! You have NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE DOING, DO YOU!? Get out! Take your tools and get out! And don't even think about leaving that invoice behind I AM NOT PAYING IT!" Hey wait, I'm not getting paid for this. So there. In the fight of me vs me, I still win. Of course that also means I still lose. Weird. No matter what.. I can't actually win.
Wait. What was I talking about again? I have no idea anymore.
Brett - love it!

That is sort of the idea I was thinking (maybe minus the stairs). I wasn't sure how much clearance there should be above the ballast before the ceiling and how far they have to be from the tank. I can just see the inspector coming in for final inspection (he has to look at the plugs if nothing else), seeing what I've done, and just writing a big ol' "NO." on his inspection report.