Since I won the Barrier Reef raffle for the Ecotech Radion XR30w led, I need to build a new light hanger.
I didn't think my conduit pipe hanger I made for the T5 fixture would work or look right.
So after looking around at other ways to hang a led, I saw a really cool light hanger on Reef Central.
The one I saw was made out of aluminum flat bar.
Got in touch with my son-in-law who works with metal and he was able to pickup a 8' x 2" x 3/8" and 3' x 1" x 1/4" aluminum flat bar for $23 at a company he use to work for in Olympia.
He had a metal bender so he put a bend in the 2" flat bar for me. The bend is a little sharper than I would have liked, but it will work for this application just fine.
Here are a couple pictures of my progress so far.
I plan on making the leg adjustable so I can raise the light higher in 1" increments and as much as a 1' higher if this unit goes to a different tank.
It will bolt to the back of my stand.
I getting all the pieces cut and drilled. Once that's done I can break out the dremel and do some finish sanding and then paint it. Black of course.
