PFO Ballast Mod - Active Cooling

[Delphinus]

Haha no kidding. I'd buy two! (Seriously!!)

[pirate]

I'm gonna have to do this as well. Thanks for the good idea.

[jostafew]

Thanks for the interest guys, I appreciate the positive feedback! Actually there's not much to it when you have access to CNC punching and bending equipment (perks of working for a sheet metal mfg. company ) Honestly for the amount of work that it took I'd be happy to bang a few copies out for a couple bucks but the agreement is that I can only use the company equipment for personal stuff (no side businesses hehehe).

This was a quick one-evening project, have a look at the light fixture I did: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1918397
A sharp eye will also notice the SS perf panels in the cabinet doors complete with mounting for my RKL controller!

That one took a little more time to design and build The tank looks WAY better than it did in those shots, that was pretty early on and I had a wicked case of brown algae.

[lastlight]

good lord that's incredible work!

[jostafew]

Hey Mark, which plasic pieces are you referring to?

[mark]

^^

switch, socket, power cord clamp.

Pulled stuff apart that's be in use a while and will find pieces will break since so hard so need to source new to put back together.

[jostafew]

Oh I see. No actually, I didn't run into any brittle plastic in there. The ballast I was working with had been modified to use a more modern connector so the previous owner had zip-tied the plug in place and the starter and cap to the plug, so aside from the switch clips which were metal and the grommet for the power cord there wasn't much to get brittle and break on me!