Finally, found a canopy for my AP700 :)

Gablami · Jan 8, 2018

Looks amazing. Great job [emoji106]

Jeepguy242 · Jan 8, 2018

tagged for pics and VIDEO!!!!

flagg37 · Jan 8, 2018

Gablami said:
Looks amazing. Great job [emoji106]

I was surprised how good it looked too. I’d never chop up my ap700’s though. They look great on their own. It’s the whole reason I bought them over doing a diy led setup.

sil40sx · Jan 8, 2018

flagg37 said:
I was surprised how good it looked too. I’d never chop up my ap700’s though. They look great on their own. It’s the whole reason I bought them over doing a diy led setup.

I agree 100%. Same reason I switched from Radion G4. AP700 have a sleek design and low profile, looks sexy hanging on top of the tank. But I'm not getting results I expected, so I have to add some supplements.

AP700 part, all done and tested. Just have to re-wire the T5 part.

No, it's not burning. That's me vaping. LOL

sil40sx · Jan 9, 2018

Finally it's done! Just need some minor stuff to do, like wire management, buffing the splash cover, switch the side covers (from left to right to move the opening to the other side where its not visible), and leveling it. Speaking of, what would be he best thing to do on the hanging kit? I'm using the one from AP700 right now and there's no way to tilt it from forward/backwards (it's not level). Also, is this kit can handle the whole light fixture ? I have no idea what those toggle bolt from the AP700 hanging kit rated for.

Thanks in advance!

Here's a crappy video, I'm not really good at it sorry. And corals are still half asleep. LOL

Hi.Gene · Jan 9, 2018

Found my log in to R2R just in time.

Looks great dude!

revhtree · Jan 9, 2018

Really cool!

sil40sx · Jan 9, 2018

Hi.Gene said:
Found my log in to R2R just in time.

Looks great dude!

Thanks. I'm glad you gave me the half part of the hanging kit. I was able to use it along with the half part from my AP700 hanging kit.

revhtree said:
Really cool!

Thabks!

pelphrey · Jan 9, 2018

Looks great! I am sure you have thought about this, but I didn't see it mentioned. Be careful with that splash guard and the Kessil LED's. The shroud's of the LED's won't be able to withstand heat, I've seen posts where people turn the AP700 on with the fixture face down and it didn't look good!

sil40sx · Jan 9, 2018

pelphrey said:
Looks great! I am sure you have thought about this, but I didn't see it mentioned. Be careful with that splash guard and the Kessil LED's. The shroud's of the LED's won't be able to withstand heat, I've seen posts where people turn the AP700 on with the fixture face down and it didn't look good!

Thanks. Yes, I've seen some pics of burnt shroud of AP700's. And looks scary. Hehe

That's why I put a 1/4 inch thick foam insulation tape around the AP700 faceplate, and hoping it will reduce the heat transfer from the t5's. Also, I made sure the lens base (chrome part) is not touching the metal sheet from the fixture. And I covered the original fan holes of the ATI fixture so the air from the AP700 heatsink on top can be evenly distributed/spread across the fixture down to the t5 and out to the vents. I'm guessing that should help a little with melting the shroud, wish me luck. We'll find out in a day or two.

BTW, can you link me one of those incidents, so I can get an idea on how to prevent on having similar issue? Thanks!

sil40sx · Jan 9, 2018

Oh never mind, I read your post again and I misread "turn the AP700 on with the fixture face down", I thought they attach it to a T5 fixture facing down. My bad.