Use for an old LED fixture.

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I purchased these fixtures years ago and it is finally time to retire the LEDs, since all of the blue diodes have turned black and I have moved on to newer/better pastures when it comes to 6 year old LED technology. But I am such a packrat when it comes to this hobby. I have stuff in my garage from 20+ years ago. So I found an old Hamilton DE metal halide pendant that my clam shattered the glass on, and merged the 2 fixtures together. This fits my rollback canopy perfectly because when I designed the canopy I wanted T5s and an SB reef fixture. So the mounting bracket I made is the exact same. It is a very easy retrofit. Fan will be added later.

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I purchased these fixtures years ago and it is finally time to retire the LEDs, since all of the blue diodes have turned black and I have moved on to newer/better pastures when it comes to 6 year old LED technology. But I am such a packrat when it comes to this hobby. I have stuff in my garage from 20+ years ago. So I found an old Hamilton DE metal halide pendant that my clam shattered the glass on, and merged the 2 fixtures together. This fits my rollback canopy perfectly because when I designed the canopy I wanted T5s and an SB reef fixture. So the mounting bracket I made is the exact same. It is a very easy retrofit. Fan will be added later.

P1170975.JPG


P1170976.JPG


P1170979.JPG


P1170981.JPG
Way to recycle! That's pretty awesome! Any photos of the build? I'd be interested to see how it all went together :)
 

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