bureau13
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OK, so I have my 72" Aqua Medic OceanLight fixture sitting in a box, and it needs to be hanging over my tank. The ceiling is one side of a vaulted ceiling, so its at a slant, and its a popcorned drywall type of material. AM includes this nice easily adjustable steel wire hanging kit that mounts the fixture at two points, near each end. The problem I'm having is that there is no beam (if that's the word) in my ceiling where I need there to be one, in order to hang the lights centered over the tank...not even close. Now, AM includes a pair of anchors or mollies or whatever, that claim to be specifically for this purpose...I just don't know if I should trust them. The last thing I need is my OceanLight crashing down on top of my tank! The fixture isn't exactly feather light, although thank god the magnetic ballasts are in a separate box!
Anyone gone ahead and hung their lights this way? Anything bad happen as a result? My only other option is to go up in the attic and put 2x4s between the two beams in exactly the spot I want to use, and screwing the mounting plate into that. If I have to I will do it, but that's a pain...and AM DID include those drywall anchors for a reason right?
jds
Anyone gone ahead and hung their lights this way? Anything bad happen as a result? My only other option is to go up in the attic and put 2x4s between the two beams in exactly the spot I want to use, and screwing the mounting plate into that. If I have to I will do it, but that's a pain...and AM DID include those drywall anchors for a reason right?
jds