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09-07-2005, 03:09 PM
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These systems you and Jamie have built are so incredible. When I see pics I have to laugh. All that work and money; your wives must love you both very much.
How are the kitchen cupboards coming? 
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09-07-2005, 03:31 PM
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Hey Lee,
The electrical ended up being quite easy, i just had to feed Jamie Beer and viola ! there was Power !  Kidding, there ended up being 2 dual 15 amp breakers and 1 single that were totally unused, so i ran them all in the room.....it ended up giving me 5 individual lines. The major problem was the mess of lines that existed right where the face of the tank was gonna sit... some of them were 220 for all the baseboard heating in the house. I knew it was 220 simply by the pitch of my scream when it was applied to the back of my hand.   Here it is finally after existing electrical was moved, a tripled up header was installed on the structural wall, and the original door was moved over.  Troy...I actually think they do...and both have been extremely patient with the meeses weve made at each others house. Kitchen...uhhh..errrr..still planning ? Marc.
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09-09-2005, 04:55 AM
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Looking top notch there Marc
 I wouldn't have expected anything less from you or Jamie! Now, I guess me and my beer will wait for an invite 
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09-12-2005, 11:20 PM
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Marc,
Makes my plans of adding a room inside my garage sound that much easier. I love the tracks for the lighting. Where did you find those? I sure could use a couple for my too. Lee
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09-13-2005, 02:14 AM
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Hey Lee,
I got them at home depot. They come as barn door sliders, they were pretty over rated for this @ 250 lbs per wheel for a total of 1000 lbs capacity. The canopy weighs about 300 lbs (even being total aluminum) with all the ballasts mounted on it, But all others i looked at seemed not enouph, wich included pocket door stuff and any cabinet type tracking i could find. The result was about a couple hundred more than pocket door sliders to get it hung, but now i have one that i can ride on too. If your canopy was about 100 lbs or under, i would definatly look at some good pocket door hardware first. Marc.
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09-13-2005, 02:40 AM
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Hey Marc,
Thanks, will look into those, my canopies are not that heavy, only VHO ballasts mounted on them, the MHs are remote. But I have a false ceilling above my tank, I would like to drop my lights closer to the tank, and be able to push it back easy for feeding. And them maybe pull all the way forward in front the tanks to change lamps (this would not have much support, they would be free floating). Last time is was big job to lift everything down and work on it. How far is the travel on those? I would need 5' min but that should be no problem for a barn door. If I make them move, maybe I will need to put the MH ballasts on the canopies. I guess I will go over 100lbs fast too. Thanks for giving me more great ideas and making me more work  Lee
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