|
||||||
10-14-2001, 01:25 AM
|
#21 |
|
Just Moved In
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Mt. Prospect IL
Posts: 41
|
dont you need a UV protection panel of some sort?
__________________
DAN THE FISH MAN. |
|
|
|
10-14-2001, 11:28 AM
|
#22 |
|
Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
|
looks good scuba.im in the process of building mine.ill post some pics when im done as well
 |
|
|
|
|
10-14-2001, 12:19 PM
|
#23 |
|
Governor
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Pacific WA
Posts: 1,220
|
reguardless of the test. I've used paint and reflectors. You can tell a big diff with using reflectors. I used alum. flashing but find the pforeeflectors work much better. IME. Also the time I've taking to diy reflectors i should have just bought them in the first place.= gas material and TIME. But I don't like to diy. For some its pleasure but for me its pain.
|
|
|
|
|
10-14-2001, 03:10 PM
|
#24 |
|
Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
|
diy reflector ....the first generation..
well here is what i have come up with so far...its for a single 175 w bulb.i couldnt really get the stuff to stay rigid how i wanted so i tried a wooden frame.i have mixed feelings about this reflector,and though i leartned a bit and i think i can do better,im not positive im not gonna just bite the bullet and order some at this point.
|
|
|
|
|
10-14-2001, 03:12 PM
|
#25 |
|
Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
|
another
|
|
|
|
|
10-18-2001, 11:31 PM
|
#26 |
|
Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
|
the next generation......
well i decided to give it another go tonight,and i came up with this.ill spray paint it with some flat white paint:
|
|
|
|
|
10-18-2001, 11:33 PM
|
#27 |
|
Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
|
.
|
|
|
|
|
10-19-2001, 08:07 AM
|
#28 |
|
Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Posts: 5,302
|
Your getting there buddy!!
Dont really like the reflectivity of that....but heres an idea....cut a few strips of aluminum foil and glue them on a few/or all of them panels of that relfector hehe you may laught but for over a year on my 20gal. I had a canopy MH and aluminum foil lined on the inside....DID a great job!
__________________
Rocky
|
|
|
|
|
10-19-2001, 08:51 AM
|
#29 |
|
Governor
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Arden, NC USA
Posts: 2,767
|
FWIW. I really like the spectral aluminum.
I am also using some mirror polished stainless steel I had laying around for my "stand off" brackets to mount my HQI holders to. This allows me to mount the holder/bracket to somthing that will make it stand off of my current spectral reflectors.
__________________
Paul C Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance. |
|
|
|
|
10-19-2001, 04:09 PM
|
#30 |
|
Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
|
i think im gonna just paint it white and be done with it.after reading that article,and adding that to what ive read in hydropponics books,i dont think a "shiny" mirror like surface is the best thing to use(even where ive read of tin foil being used ,it is reccomended to use the "duller " side,also i beleive flat artist white is a better reflector than tin foil).a mirror like surface will concentrate the light into "hot spots",not my desired effect.i currently use a white hydroponics reflector for my 400w bulb on my 93g,and it works great.
|
|
|
|
|
10-19-2001, 04:38 PM
|
#31 |
|
Governor
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Arden, NC USA
Posts: 2,767
|
I am going to post this question on RC. I have high gloss high temp white enamel paint under my reflector. I just re-read the article and its got me thinking now (oh no)
__________________
Paul C Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance. |
|
|
|
|
10-19-2001, 04:44 PM
|
#32 |
|
Governor
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,171
|
flat white is a better reflector than "glossy"(enamel) white.fwiw
|
|
|
|
|
10-19-2001, 05:19 PM
|
#33 | |
|
Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Posts: 5,302
|
Quote:
__________________
Rocky
|
|
|
|
|
|
10-20-2001, 01:13 AM
|
#34 | |
|
Just Moved In
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 48
|
Quote:
Or use a hammer for the “Hammertone” effect  |
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
