280g Inwall

Delphinus · #1 01-05-2009, 06:04 AM

Thanks for the offers, be careful though I may just take you up on it. (Kev, I might need help on the weekend or one day huffing the sump into the stand. Linda's already declared "I'm not helping you with that."

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Anyhow, the HRV (heat recovery ventilator) vent covers are in, as are the barndoor hanger tracks.

Now, you might be tempted to believe that going from here...

to here..

... wouldn't take about 4 to 5 hours of effort. But, apparently, you'd be mistaken. I sure was..

Hoooley geeez was this not a lot of fun getting those things up there.

banditpowdercoat · #2 01-05-2009, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Hoooley geeez was this not a lot of fun getting those things up there.

Looks like Uni-Strut/Cantruss. I should have given you a hand. Work with that ALOT, being an Industrial electrician and all

But, Looking GREAT

Delphinus · #3 01-05-2009, 06:27 AM

Part of the problem was that I don't have proper mounting brackets for the tracks. All the proper brackets I could find are intended for .. well, hanging actual barn doors, so they are to sit flush against a wall parallel to the track. Since the track is perpendicular to the joists, I just drilled the track and screwed it right into the joists. Problem is, it doesn't matter how many times I measure, I have to cut (or in this case, drill) one time more than the measurements. Measure once, cut twice. Measure twice, cut .. er, three times. Apparently I suck at measuring.

So there was a lot of drilling into the track going on tonight.

banditpowdercoat · #4 01-05-2009, 02:07 PM

Guess you would hate me if I told you that that stuff also comes in a slotted back version, so no drilling required, Huh?

Atleast its up, right lol Now hang them lights

michika · #5 01-05-2009, 02:13 PM

Just say when, and I'll send him over, complete with a couple of double doubles.

Phanman · #6 01-05-2009, 03:25 PM

looks good Tony, did you get the Lumenarc mini's in canada? also did you get the wides or just regulars?

Delphinus · #7 01-05-2009, 03:50 PM

Oh I wouldn't hate you for saying, I'd just hate myself more for not looking longer.

Part of the problem is this stuff is pretty foreign to me so I had trouble finding what I had in mind, as it was. Luckily AndyL on Canreef was able to set me up with this stuff for a pretty good deal so I was happy enough. I'm happy they're off my floor, they are gargantuan and heavy (way heavier than the light rack, there's irony). I had nightmare visions of dropping one on the tank and damaging the glass ... as it was I did drop one once and took out the eggcrate on the overflow.

At least it's just eggcrate though, easily enough replaced.

John, they're just regulars. I didn't know there was a wide version of the mini's. I got them in a group order, er, about 2 years ago. Well, that's only sort of the story. I ordered two regulars initially in the group order, then decided they were too big because I want to flank the reflectors with T5's. So I traded with Michika for the mini's. Then I bought the third off Asmodeus. The irony is that even with the mini's I will still have very little clearance for the t5's. I might take a page out of Michika's/KrazyKuch's book and go with 24's mounted perpendicular. The main thing I want out of the t5's is a little actinic supplementation and a dusk/dawn effect so going with 24-inchers might just be the ticket .. they are cheaper and easier to get ahold of the 60-inchers..