Make a luminescent lamp with your own hands in the leisure hours will be able to almost any master who has an idea of the foundations of electrical engineering. Lamps are manufactured with different spectrum, which allows you to set the lighting of the most comfortable type.
In the event that the factory lamp is not suitable for your aquarium, then you should not hurry to order it from the master, you can collect it with your own hands.
Lamp for aquarium do it yourself
To ensure the launch and further work for luminescent lamps, a bulky, but simple electronics system is required. It can be used in the work and a unfortunate scheme, it takes significantly less space, but according to the reviews about it is not too reliable.The resulting lighting device must have such dimensions to close the entire upper part of the aquarium. It will contribute to a smaller evaporation of it from it, also in the covered aquarium will fall much less garbage. Jump up to the floor inhabitants will be difficult.
A diagram of connecting a luminescent lamp.
The lighting of such an appliance will not be unpleasant to beat the eye, while remaining locally over the aquarium. For the same purposes, you can use an ordinary lamp, screwed into a reflector, but such a design can ruin the interior. For the manufacture of the lamp specifically under the aquarium, you will need:
- fluorescent lamps;
- Plexiglas;
- sealant;
- glue;
- wire with a timer and fork;
- insulating tape;
- Plastic for frame.
Plastic, compared with metal or wood, has a number of benefits. It is not subject to corrosion and will not swell from moisture, does not rot with time, and its electrical safety is not in doubt. Process, and then clean this material is quite easy.
Tips for manufacture
The design of the lamp can be thought out independently, and you can take the sample previously invented things. It is not very convenient for use of a monolithic design, removing entirely. It is more convenient to make a frame with removable upper lids.
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The frame around the perimeter is more reliable to make a two-layer, making an internal frame with a carrier element and installing another, top, decorative on it. The outer layer should be wider inner, as the top cover will be inserted into it, and it will cover the ribbing ribs, reaching the water.
The electrician should be securely isolated from water and accumulating condensate. This will save the owners not only from frequent shocks to the current, but also from the mining of the system. The ends of each lamp should be put on sealed tips, saving their surface from contact with moisture. They are made from the remedies, such as cuffs or anthers from the old car. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the rubber retains its properties, not crackdown, and periodically change them.
The frame in the lower part is mounted on the glue of the appropriate size of the rectangle from the plexiglass, and the plastic cover with fluorescent lamps and a starting device fixed on it is installed on top. This cover should be easily climbing for the repair and maintenance of the lamp.
If the plastic on the cover is black, it is covered with a white or reflective film from the inside, with a white surface, no manipulations are required.
The edge of the case, even with a very careful fit, most likely will be over the edge of the aquarium at least 1-2 mm. These places are required to be sealed, because there will be a lot of condensate there, which will need to wipe so that it does not flock down. On the edges of the aquarium for this, it is enough to apply a layer of silicone sealant, pre-degreased the glass.