I can't adjust the height with my setup but 11 inches over the water worked out well. These brackets are a little overkill, I could have printed them thinner and in two halves and they'd still be fine. I think when I do the bank of four over the lowboy I will design a sideways sliding setup.
@kharmaguru could I purchase some of these brackets from you?
I see a side business starting up for Sean
I could design something more specific to you if you know what you want to mount it to. That part I can do pretty fast if you have someone who can print it locally for you. I don't mind printing and shipping to you but that will take more time and I'm in Canada so who knows what's going to happen at the border now. Short answer is yes as long as it's not a rush.
No rush at all. I like your original design...I just need the square tube channel in the bracket to run parallel to the fixtures as opposed to the way you have it perpendicular in your picture.I could design something more specific to you if you know what you want to mount it to. That part I can do pretty fast if you have someone who can print it locally for you. I don't mind printing and shipping to you but that will take more time and I'm in Canada so who knows what's going to happen at the border now. Short answer is yes as long as it's not a rush.
Whatever the material and mail is. I don't need to profit off a fellow hobbyist. I'll try to do a design this weekend with your EZtube dimensions.No rush at all. I like your original design...I just need the square tube channel in the bracket to run parallel to the fixtures as opposed to the way you have it perpendicular in your picture.
I'm going to use a long piece of square aluminum tubing from EZ Tube.com hung from the ceiling over a 10 foot long tank. I have no access to a 3D printer unfortunately. I'm near Pittsburgh, PA. How much do you think 7 brackets would cost to print and ship. Again no rush.
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Much appreciated! I will wait for your update.
Sounds like a good plan. I really think if you run them full out, you'll be fine. But, again, this is my first experience with LED so I'm still learning.
Sounds about right.... from the readings I got with the Kilowatt Reader if you were at 65% intensity you were consuming probably only 45-50 watts total per unit.
This is where I'm at so far. I'm going with two narrow per fixture instead of 1 big one. It will save material and you can spread them out to the end holes to make them that much more stable. I know it doesn't mean anything to you but I'm going to side print them with an .8mm nozzle so they will be strong as ****. Does eztube happen to publish their corner radius? Right now I just winged a radius and I'm making them a bit of a close fit so knowing the actual would make me feel better.No rush at all. I like your original design...I just need the square tube channel in the bracket to run parallel to the fixtures as opposed to the way you have it perpendicular in your picture.
I'm going to use a long piece of square aluminum tubing from EZ Tube.com hung from the ceiling over a 10 foot long tank. I have no access to a 3D printer unfortunately. I'm near Pittsburgh, PA. How much do you think 7 brackets would cost to print and ship. Again no rush.
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When the nonbelievers finally see the light. Welcome to the future. Good to have you. If you add as many lights as I have seen you mention, only run them at 45% at first. Acclimation is important. Adjust them 2-3% a week. Yes the MH are stronger but it is necessary. There is something different about LED and some corals react poorly if hit with a lot of it right at first.
Looks great! I can not find any other CAD drawing other than the one provided here on their website under the product info.
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