Hi everyone
I'm making some adjustments to a fish tank hood's lighting arrangement.
Currently it has two t5 fluorescent lights. I am disabling one and I am adding a second set of led lights to fit inside the existing hood/light setup.
The new led lights has a metal or aluminum case and power supply etc already as it was bought straight from an aquarium shop ready to plugin and hang from the roof or sit on a stand on top of the aquarium.
There is minimum room to fit the led light setup into the hood of the tank - as slimline as it is. To fit it in it is now lightly resting up against the existing 1 fluorescent t5 globe that I would like to leave in the hood as well.
My question is can there be electrical problems with the fluorescent globe and the led lighting case be touching while they are both in operation together. i.e does the fluorescent globe need clearance in this situation.
I dont think the fact it exists on a fish tank i.e water in the vicinity should be a factor as I intend on completely sealing it from all water contact and condensation etc. so this need not also be considered in your answers.
I have attached a video of my project to better explain the situation. it is attached as a zip but it is actually a .mov file of a quick 10 second or so video of my fish tank hood and the closeness of the two globe setups.
cheers Grant
I'm making some adjustments to a fish tank hood's lighting arrangement.
Currently it has two t5 fluorescent lights. I am disabling one and I am adding a second set of led lights to fit inside the existing hood/light setup.
The new led lights has a metal or aluminum case and power supply etc already as it was bought straight from an aquarium shop ready to plugin and hang from the roof or sit on a stand on top of the aquarium.
There is minimum room to fit the led light setup into the hood of the tank - as slimline as it is. To fit it in it is now lightly resting up against the existing 1 fluorescent t5 globe that I would like to leave in the hood as well.
My question is can there be electrical problems with the fluorescent globe and the led lighting case be touching while they are both in operation together. i.e does the fluorescent globe need clearance in this situation.
I dont think the fact it exists on a fish tank i.e water in the vicinity should be a factor as I intend on completely sealing it from all water contact and condensation etc. so this need not also be considered in your answers.
I have attached a video of my project to better explain the situation. it is attached as a zip but it is actually a .mov file of a quick 10 second or so video of my fish tank hood and the closeness of the two globe setups.
cheers Grant