Ballast box with heat fins?

[3Tripnip]

I have finished wiring my ballast and now I'd like a nice enclosure to put them in. Anyone know where I can find an enclosure like this:

http://www.reefgeek.com/product_images/ ... e_II_b.jpg

Any help would be awesome. Thanks!

-Ben

 

[liquid]

It's extruded aluminum and I think you'll be hard pressed to find anything like that. Most people that DIY their own lighting/ballasts use a grey metal box that they find in the electrical section at Home Depot / Lowes / Menards. It isn't pretty but it works.

Shane

 

[Fatal Morgana]

No need for it, as liquid says.

I used to be able to order extruded aluminum like that, but I have to buy 16 of them at any one time, and the shortest piece is 20 feet long. That will let me make a couple hundred ballast enclosures. 8O

 

[3Tripnip]

Yes, I know it's hard to find and that you have to almost always buy a large quantity of it... just hoping that someone knew where I could buy a little. I like the way it looks and I'd really like to find some. If you know where I can get some... cool... otherwise there's no need to post. Thanks.

-Ben

 

[Anonymous]

try metal working shops around you. They may have something similar.

B

 

[holry7778]

This looks like perhaps something a Storefront glass manufacturer may have. Or know where one could fine some. Look in the Yellow pages for some one local