I've seen a couple of these retrofits (including one highlighted in Reef Hobbyist Magazine a couple issues ago that retrofitted a Biocube Hood).
I thought I'd post mine as well:
I had a Nova Extreme 4 bulb T5 Fixture that I couldn't get a ballast replacement to work in (still not sure why) so I thought that I would use it...
I took the fixture and gutted everything out of it (except the cooling fan because it was a stand alone setup with its own cord, you can never really have too much cooling on a light fixture IMO)
After taking out the "innards" I used the screws/washers that were holding the old equipment in to secure the new Panoramas. Worked perfectly and after a single zip tie to hold the cords, I was pretty much done. It took less time to put the new fixtures in than it did to remove the previous T5 equipment.
if you look in the tank shot, you'll see two rectangles on the left side, that's where the switches were, I'll probably cut the lines on the panoramas another day and set them up through the switches (removed and saved)
It was pretty simple.. The color is good, but I think I'd still like to add more to it (another panorama fixture or possibly a stunner since it's protected by the sliding lens)
I miss not having the LED nightlights, so I'll probably end up adding one later..
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I thought I'd post mine as well:
I had a Nova Extreme 4 bulb T5 Fixture that I couldn't get a ballast replacement to work in (still not sure why) so I thought that I would use it...
I took the fixture and gutted everything out of it (except the cooling fan because it was a stand alone setup with its own cord, you can never really have too much cooling on a light fixture IMO)
After taking out the "innards" I used the screws/washers that were holding the old equipment in to secure the new Panoramas. Worked perfectly and after a single zip tie to hold the cords, I was pretty much done. It took less time to put the new fixtures in than it did to remove the previous T5 equipment.
if you look in the tank shot, you'll see two rectangles on the left side, that's where the switches were, I'll probably cut the lines on the panoramas another day and set them up through the switches (removed and saved)
It was pretty simple.. The color is good, but I think I'd still like to add more to it (another panorama fixture or possibly a stunner since it's protected by the sliding lens)
I miss not having the LED nightlights, so I'll probably end up adding one later..
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