Keeping ballast in the stand

raddogz · 06/17/2006, 09:12 PM

I am contemplating placing my ballasts inside the stand. The back of the tank is covered two-thirds via plywood - so there is a 4' by 4" to 5" gap in middle of the stand. The right side of the tank will be covered and the left side of the stand will be probably be left open of at least half way covered.

The ballasts consist of a sunlight supply blue wave 4 and an icecap 250w ballast.

clsanchez77 · 06/22/2006, 12:52 PM

I thought about doing the same and then came up with a different option. The space in the stand was too valuable to accomdate ballasts and I did not want to deal with mixing salt-water and electricity, then there was the heat issue as well, and then having to deal with llimited work space if something wrong and I had to remove the ballast, which means disconnecting all the wires...

I bought two Closetmaid closet cabinets and set one on each side as pictured below:

THe cabinet on the right is were I have my IceCap VHO ballast and two Hilton 150W-DE MH ballasts. I replaced the stock back panel with peg boards to allow for air exchange and mounted a DC4HD unit inside the cabinet so all the power cords are concealed in the cabinet instead of taking up space in the stand.

The one on the left is where I keep my test kits, salt, carbon and additives.

Chris

raddogz · 06/26/2006, 02:25 PM

Hmmmm...that's not a bad option either.

Thanks

clsanchez77 · 06/26/2006, 03:16 PM

They also made great speaker stands

06/17/2006, 09:12 PM	#1
raddogz Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,167	Keeping ballast in the stand I am contemplating placing my ballasts inside the stand. The back of the tank is covered two-thirds via plywood - so there is a 4' by 4" to 5" gap in middle of the stand. The right side of the tank will be covered and the left side of the stand will be probably be left open of at least half way covered. The ballasts consist of a sunlight supply blue wave 4 and an icecap 250w ballast. __________________ Eileen If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. - Quentin Crisp Current Tank Info: 180g Reef

06/26/2006, 02:25 PM	#3
raddogz Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,167	Hmmmm...that's not a bad option either. Thanks __________________ Eileen If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. - Quentin Crisp Current Tank Info: 180g Reef

06/22/2006, 12:52 PM	#2
clsanchez77 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Metairie, La Posts: 822	I thought about doing the same and then came up with a different option. The space in the stand was too valuable to accomdate ballasts and I did not want to deal with mixing salt-water and electricity, then there was the heat issue as well, and then having to deal with llimited work space if something wrong and I had to remove the ballast, which means disconnecting all the wires... I bought two Closetmaid closet cabinets and set one on each side as pictured below: THe cabinet on the right is were I have my IceCap VHO ballast and two Hilton 150W-DE MH ballasts. I replaced the stock back panel with peg boards to allow for air exchange and mounted a DC4HD unit inside the cabinet so all the power cords are concealed in the cabinet instead of taking up space in the stand. The one on the left is where I keep my test kits, salt, carbon and additives. Chris

06/26/2006, 03:16 PM	#4
clsanchez77 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Metairie, La Posts: 822	They also made great speaker stands