Would Someone Mind Measuring Up..?

[jmkgreen]

I'm looking to buy a twin 54w T5 solution for my 4ft tank.

Does someone have such a thing to measure? I need both length, including end caps, and how wide it is.

Need to figure out if such a thing fully assembled will actually fit, even at an angle. Between the tank sides it is 1200mm y'see - tight !

James

 

[rabbut]

It will fit easily. My tank is 1200mm long also, and the tubes fit with about an inch to spare eiter side, when the end caps are installed. It's about 6/8ths of an inch wide at it's widest point with end caps on, though the lamp is 5/8ths of an inch

 

[jmkgreen]

It will fit easily. My tank is 1200mm long also, and the tubes fit with about an inch to spare eiter side, when the end caps are installed. It's about 6/8ths of an inch wide at it's widest point with end caps on, though the lamp is 5/8ths of an inch

OK but I'm having trouble understanding how 1149mm tubes plus end caps fit inside 1200mm with about 250mm either end spare

Do you have a single tube unit then? Two T5 tubes side-by-side is going to be over an inch combined by themselves...

 

[chr15_8]

It will fit easily. My tank is 1200mm long also, and the tubes fit with about an inch to spare eiter side, when the end caps are installed. It's about 6/8ths of an inch wide at it's widest point with end caps on, though the lamp is 5/8ths of an inch

OK but I'm having trouble understanding how 1149mm tubes plus end caps fit inside 1200mm with about 250mm either end spare

Do you have a single tube unit then? Two T5 tubes side-by-side is going to be over an inch combined by themselves...

an inch is 25mm

tube = 1149mm
End caps = 15mm (at a guess max) x2 = 30mm

1149+ 30 = 1178 leaving just under 1 inch/22mm

 

[jmkgreen]

It will fit easily. My tank is 1200mm long also, and the tubes fit with about an inch to spare eiter side, when the end caps are installed. It's about 6/8ths of an inch wide at it's widest point with end caps on, though the lamp is 5/8ths of an inch

OK but I'm having trouble understanding how 1149mm tubes plus end caps fit inside 1200mm with about 250mm either end spare

Do you have a single tube unit then? Two T5 tubes side-by-side is going to be over an inch combined by themselves...

an inch is 25mm

tube = 1149mm
End caps = 15mm (at a guess max) x2 = 30mm

1149+ 30 = 1178 leaving just under 1 inch/22mm

I looked at my 250mm a few times knowing it looked wrong too! D'oh!

Still, we measured the end caps (Hagen) at 1 inch each in a store. That said, the tubes fit inside the caps, which may be where the space is gained back.

 

[chr15_8]

yea it will be.

the most space the holders will take up are 15mm max