Mounting an ATI fixture inside a canopy
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jwilliams860
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You can buy aluminum angle stock at Lowe's or HD and build a sub frame that the light will actually sit on inside the canopy. Relatively cheap and easy to work with and install
drummerboyevil
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Make sure you add some fans to the canopy... Ati lights rely on dissipation of heat fro. The whole fixture.
Bpb
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+1 if it's going to be enclosed, you have to find some way to bring cool air in to the canopy and hot air out. The fixture draws air from the top and spits it out the sides. If it's closed in that hot air will just get recirculated. I have my Sunpower actually sitting on TOP of the canopy. I just cut the top wide open and it sits on it
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jwilliams860
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Mine was an open top, floating canopy style which helped with heat on the power modules, you'd want a good air flow within the canopy if it was enclosed, ilk get some pics posted
This is what I did. I also installed 3 icecap exhaust fans in the top. Two blow in fresh cool air and the third is the exhaust. Works well.
soulpatch
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Couple things to remember with an ATI in a canopy.
1 - Ventilation. My canopy is open top so I dont have much of an issue and my fixture is slightly shorter then the opening at the top allowing for the exchange that happens through the splash guard. Remember that ATI pulls in air and runs it across the bulbs and out of the one end of the fixture. Make sure you plan accordingly.
2 - Bulb changing. I dont know about you but I did not want to have to take my canopy off to swap out bulbs. My wife would not be happy helping me there so I put my unit on sliders to pull it out when I need to swap bulbs.
And now the required pics. I can take more should you need as well. Just let me know what you want pics of.
1 - Ventilation. My canopy is open top so I dont have much of an issue and my fixture is slightly shorter then the opening at the top allowing for the exchange that happens through the splash guard. Remember that ATI pulls in air and runs it across the bulbs and out of the one end of the fixture. Make sure you plan accordingly.
2 - Bulb changing. I dont know about you but I did not want to have to take my canopy off to swap out bulbs. My wife would not be happy helping me there so I put my unit on sliders to pull it out when I need to swap bulbs.
And now the required pics. I can take more should you need as well. Just let me know what you want pics of.
jwilliams860
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here are a couple photos of mine, i went from haildes and vho's to powermodules, i had not taken the vho's down yet
jwilliams860
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couple photos when i originally built it with the hakide fixtures, but just so you can get an idea, then the whole canopy was suspended from the ceiling
NeverlosT
A bit fishy
I have an 8x39 in a canopy suspended by its wires with a few hooks that are threaded into the top of the canopy.
It has two fans that push air in from the back of the canopy, but I am adding two more that will push air out the top, currently I have to leave a canopy door open or it gets too hot in there.
So definitely go overboard on hood ventilation if you want to enclose it. To be honest, I really like these ideas of cutting a hole in the top of the canopy and just perching the unit on top.
It has two fans that push air in from the back of the canopy, but I am adding two more that will push air out the top, currently I have to leave a canopy door open or it gets too hot in there.
So definitely go overboard on hood ventilation if you want to enclose it. To be honest, I really like these ideas of cutting a hole in the top of the canopy and just perching the unit on top.
BigJohnny
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I want to build the exact same canopy you have here. Do you have any plans or would you be willing to tell me specifics on how to build it out of what sizes of lumber etc? I would really appreciate it! I'm not too familiar with the strengths and joints of lumber so I'm afraid I'll just try and build it and it will fail [emoji53]Couple things to remember with an ATI in a canopy.
1 - Ventilation. My canopy is open top so I dont have much of an issue and my fixture is slightly shorter then the opening at the top allowing for the exchange that happens through the splash guard. Remember that ATI pulls in air and runs it across the bulbs and out of the one end of the fixture. Make sure you plan accordingly.
2 - Bulb changing. I dont know about you but I did not want to have to take my canopy off to swap out bulbs. My wife would not be happy helping me there so I put my unit on sliders to pull it out when I need to swap bulbs.
And now the required pics. I can take more should you need as well. Just let me know what you want pics of.
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