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 Hate those light clamps?

Here is something I built this weekend. Not perfect, but it does serve the purpose. Anyone else ever tackle this prolem?





07/16/07  11:27am

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 Hate those light clamps?

That’s nifty. Is it laterally stable? What holds it from tipping if bumped?

For normal bulbs I’m just using for heat, I just use aquarium screen lids and lay the light across it. That’s about as stable as can be. I’m always afraid since I had a clamp light fall in once and before I found it, the sand was so hot that it blistered my finger when I picked it up. That could kill a HL and I’m glad the light didn’t land on top of one.

For UVB mercury vapors, I use large wooden dowel rod screwed to the wall with brackets. The fixture is just clamped to the large dowel to hang straight over.



07/16/07  06:26pm

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   Message To: Phrynosoma_Texas_FS3   In reference to Message Id: 1361416


 Hate those light clamps?

Right now nothing but gription holds it in place. It needs to be stabilized. I’ve got a few ideas for this.

The dowel solution is good if you don’t mind mounting to the wall. That’s another good way to go.
07/16/07  10:21pm

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   Message To: Cable_Hogue   In reference to Message Id: 1361790


 Hate those light clamps?

Version 2.0

This is much sleeker and smaller diameter pipe with a clamp mechanism.
Seems to work pretty well.



07/22/07  11:05pm


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