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Old 01-17-2003, 12:14 AM
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well sence I am getting new lights I decided to make a new rack system for them. This whole light rack will slide out the end of the stand inorder to make work easyer on the lights and also to make more room when I am working on the tank.

here is the base after I finnished sealing it up.



I am curently mounting the new reflector system (anyone looking for 36" single tube reflectors? )

I will have more pics later.

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Interested in what you are doing, please get the pic or design plans uploaded when you can.
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ok so I am almost done.. just got to mount some lighting now..









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looks really great Steve!
What's going on the sides?
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Looks neat. Did you make the reflector yourself too?
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looks really great Steve!
What's going on the sides?
I am going to squeeze in my VHO's and my PC's somewhare.. might not keep the PC's if I decide I don't need them.

Delphinus, I kinda made the reflectors.. I bought 3 different reflectors and cut them to size, both length and width and put them togeather.. so ya I guess I 1/2 made them..

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Steve, where do you get your reflectors from. I saw a few at hydroponics stores but they were bigger and kind of expensive

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I got a wholesaler that I buy from for reflectors now.. I used to buy the sheet and bend my own but this is easyer and only a little more.

good reflectors are not cheep, but they still are one of the cheepest parts of your lighting system. the good thing is they don;t burn out


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How much a foot from your supplier? Maybe I should get a 5' and a 1' if it's cheap enough. I just don't have a break to make my own, did fine with a 48" ruler for the NO's but not going to try a MH system.

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they only have them in 48" lenghts Lee, and the middle one is a little shorter..

each chunk I used worked out to 25.00 after tax (so 75 bucks to buld a 3 or 4 foot reflector system that is 20" wide (that doesent include the wood and such) just the reflectors.. the advantage of thease ones is they are spectral silver (the most reflevtive type of spectral aluminum aprox 97.2%) I didn;t know which coating was on the bulk stuff I bought last time.. but I am suspecting a nickel base) and they are computer bent to design.

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