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Unread 07/26/2014, 03:45 PM   #1
fisherman2
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DIY light hanger leaning on tank

So I built a DIY light hanger out of 3/4" conduit to hang my lights with and now the conduit is leaning on the back of my tank. I have a mld 93g rimless cube with a sfiligoi xr6 light pendant. It worries me bc it feels like a lot of pressure on one of the arms with a lot less on the other. The glass bows slightly in the middles which gives me more worry about pressure being against it.


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Unread 07/27/2014, 08:52 AM   #2
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No one?? I really want to find out if I should be worried about this causing a problem. Also looking for ideas on how to fix it.


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Unread 07/27/2014, 12:37 PM   #3
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What is stopping you from replacing the bent piece? If your fixture is that heavy adding another piece of conduit to spread the load may be a solution for you.


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Unread 07/27/2014, 02:13 PM   #4
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What is stopping you from replacing the bent piece? If your fixture is that heavy adding another piece of conduit to spread the load may be a solution for you.
What he said. I would have built it out just a bit anyway to prevent that from happening.


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What is stopping you from replacing the bent piece? If your fixture is that heavy adding another piece of conduit to spread the load may be a solution for you.
What he said. I would have built it out just a bit anyway to prevent that from happening. Maybe another pipe bracket or two ?


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