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    Angry How to mount VHO endcaps to canopy?

    I thought I would be done by now

    I have all my MH mounted in new canopy, and just got my VHO ballast and bulbs from LampsNow. Either way, the endcaps come designed to be mounted to a reflector. I am mounting these below the MH reflectors (Spiderlight) at each end of the MH bulbs.

    How should I mount the endcaps to the canopy? It appears that I need something like these lamp clips (http://www.lampsnow.com/lampclipst12.html) but I can't purchase them locally, and I really don't want to wait for delivery. Any good ideas for how to mount these without the lamp clips, or a substitute product I can get at the depot?

    Thanks in advance

    Rob

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    Are these the 2 piece end caps? How about wood screws? I guess I would need to see them.
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    Use a bracke that looks like this one or make one.

    http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merch...ode=VHOballast
    Paul C

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    They are three-piece end caps. Here's the link: http://www.lampsnow.com/noname1.html

    I think I like Paul's suggestion... Should be the sturdiest way to mount them. I will probably have to make something like that, though.

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    Rob, those brackets are made for the 3 pc endcaps. They can be made from some 1/4 acrylic
    Paul C

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    doesnt icecap have some acrylic brackets to hold them in?


 

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