My Equipment Room+Multiple Displays

[ReefingBuddha]

once again... I really like your lifts and I look forward to trying the same on my next tank.

Solar panels aye? Can't just throw that out there without us expecting a picture.

 

[8BALL_99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12719103#post12719103 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thirschmann
once again... I really like your lifts and I look forward to trying the same on my next tank.

Solar panels aye? Can't just throw that out there without us expecting a picture.

lol what was I thinking! sure thing. I'll try to get some pictures of them Tomorrow.. Heck maybe even a few new tank shots.

Will

 

[ladi8t3r]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12716915#post12716915 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 8BALL_99
Its funny to walk into the fish room eating a sandwich and knotice a coral has fell or broken, Then while still eating reach down push a button to lift the canopy then fix said coral with other free hand. Push the button again and put everything back.. haha so lazy

That is awesome...haha

 

[savichus]

Is it possible that you could re post your pictures, or, what would be much interesting, just put new pics in this thread? It would be so nice to see what people was making such a great comment onto! Thanks in advance!

 

[8BALL_99]

Wow back from the dead! Sure I can repost some of the old pictures. Infact they are still in my picturetrail account and I haven't moved them. I'm not sure why they stopped working. As far as new pictures go. I can but I have since replaced the 190 with a 300. I also built a new stand canopy and sump to go with it. If you want to check out what everything looks like now Here is a LINK to the thread.
Wow I posted a lot of pics. This might take a min :eek1:
Building the Equipment room in the garage.

 

[8BALL_99]

I put silicone on all the cracks and Applied under all the trim. All the trim in the room is PVC

Stand for the 92

Start of the stand for the 190

Canopy for the 92

I used steam to bend the trim for the canopy and stand.

 

[8BALL_99]

92 Stand and canopy done

Hanging the Canopy for the 190

92 already filled and running now just filling the 190

Pics of the very messy work in progress equipment room

Pics of the skimmers and of the sump for the 92.

Finished Equipment room

 

[8BALL_99]

Shot of both main displays done

190 with its top up

Both 92 and 290 with tops up

Couple pictures of the ventilation system. I use 2 inline fantech fans connected to a thermosat. One is turned to exhaust the other intake. During the winter I use these to cool the room. In the summer I use them from time to time to bring fresh air in or just to exhaust a smell. Like when cleaning my skimmers lol

Picture of the UPS with solar charger

The outlet the UPS feeds where My return pumps are connected

Ok I think thats most of them and pretty much in order they were posted.

 

[8BALL_99]

Just for kicks here is a couple of pics from the new thread with the 300 The stand looks pretty much the same cause me and My wife both liked the old one. So one of the guide lines was if I wanted a bigger tank the stand had to look the same. It is built a little different though. Again if you click the link in the post above you can see all the pictures.

 

[klondike4001]

very impressive.

 

[savichus]

Yeah, Thanks a lot!

 

[virginiadiver69]

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[sirpentor]

8-ball
this is very impresive work u have done .
I love the bending of the wood to make the canopy
if you could, would u mind posting a diagram of how u used the actuators to lift the canopy.
I am planning a 220 gallon system and would love to do a similar lift system

thxs mark

 

[8BALL_99]

Sorry I'm not much of a Diagram making person. I guess I can break out the Mac Paint, But that probably wont be much help. Here is a very rough drawing of how I used one actuator to lift from two points on the canopy. Keep in mind my Actuator doesn't sit vertical above the tank like that. The first to pulleys change the cable from vertical to horizontal Then the next to pulleys bring the two cables together. The cables are then connected together on the end of the actuator by bolting them to a piece of steel thats then bolted to the the actuator. Hope that makes since lol. Again I'm not a diagram person.
Behold Mac Paint skills

 

[adddo]

Schweet! I wish i had an equipmentroom.. i would live in it!

I do have a question about one of your pics.. There is a TV in your room in one of the buildpics..? Whats up with that?