Ideas for LED light hanger

[superdragon]

I've run out of idea for a way to hang my Radion's between my living room and dining room. The ceiling is vaulted high so hanging from that is out of the question. The center of the unit it needs to be 18-20" out from the wall.

I thought about wall hangers, light post/hangers, floating shelfs, I even thought about having posts welded on my metal stand from the back. I know the canopy is a option but I wanted to have it topless. Any idea appreciated.
:headwally:

 

[jscarlata]

How about hanging an aluminum rail from the ceiling, and then suspend the radions from the rail.
You should be able to get the cables long enough from McMaster Carr

Sort of like a hanging pot rack over a kitchen island..maybe use rigid aluminum rod to suspend the rail or rack, then an adjustable set of hangers for each fixture, this way you could raise or lower the lights easily

 

[BigKahuna]

What about a VESA LCD swingarm?

 

[mfinn]

The LCD TV hangers are pretty cool.
I made a light hanger for my 3 Radions from a product called eztube.

http://eztube.com/catalog


I also made a single Radion hanger using 2" x 3/8" and 1" x 1/8" aluminum flat bars.

 

[Daimyo68]

Look into 80/20 framing

 

[superdragon]

What about a VESA LCD swingarm?

Kahuna,
That's a great idea. Just wondering how to attach it to the tank... maybe the wall. This opens up many ideas.

 

[BigKahuna]

I used a desk mounted type of LCD mount with a post on the back of the tank. I did a build thread on the mount in the Ecotech forum and other people used the idea and did other kinds that use wall mounted ones which worked fine too. The only thing you need to use any standard VESA mount is projector brackets that extend the holes on the mounting plate. I have the Amazon part # somewhere in the thread:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2120959

The beauty of most of these is they are very flexible for changing the position of the light for altering the coverage or just to swing them out of the way for maintenance.

 

[superdragon]

The LCD TV hangers are pretty cool.
I made a light hanger for my 3 Radions from a product called eztube.

http://eztube.com/catalog


I also made a single Radion hanger using 2" x 3/8" and 1" x 1/8" aluminum flat bars.

The easy tube looks interesting, is your hanger mounted to the wall?

 

[mfinn]

My hanger sits on top of the euro brace.

 

[ozworld]

I used inexpensive EMT conduit, painted in black.

 

[superdragon]

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I used inexpensive EMT conduit, painted in black.

Oz that looks good. Did you use a pipe bender?

 

[mfinn]

I made a conduit hanger for my ATI T5 fixture.
I went into Home Depot and explained to the electrical help guy, that I only needed 2 bends on 2 pieces of conduit. The guy offered to use one of the benders and make the bends for me so I didn't have to buy one.

 

[scubaprashant]

Awesome tank!

 

[ozworld]

Oz that looks good. Did you use a pipe bender?

Yes I did, for detailed instruction Google: "DIY Inexpensive Light Hanger"

 

[superdragon]

Yes I did, for detailed instruction Google: "DIY Inexpensive Light Hanger"

The funny thing is I know the author when she had this tank... blast form the past... LOL
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2009-04/diy/

 

[dlplunkett44]

Eztube!