vho holders

[rossb]

I am currently making a new light hood and was wondering how you could connect and hold a couple of VHO 4' bulbs. I priced out some coralife end caps and brackets .. but they were 31 bucks. That was more than I paid for the bulbs. I need to separate them by about 8" so I can fit a couple of 175W pendants between them at either end. Does anyone have a DIY (read cheap) way to do this?

[Canadian Man]

I have seen a design on Garf.org
You could always make one out of wood and use hole saws to make the half circles needed for the bulbs.
Many ways to do this.

[rossb]

I had thought about wood (which I can easily do) but would you think the tubes get to hot?

[Canadian Man]

I would say no way ross.
If the tubes dont get hot enought to melt the acrylic then I wouldnt worry about the wood.

[rossb]

Good point, thanks for the tip...I'll tell yo how it goes.

[Canadian Man]

Cool.
Send me some pics of what you come up with if you have time.
Thanks