Julian
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Hi guys, just thought I'd share this little project I've been working on as I thought others may find it useful.
I wanted to find a way to suspend my TMC Mini 400 LED's above my tank without having to hang them from the ceiling joists. I looked into buying the suspension kit that TMC sell, but it's £30 for a few screws and cables which I knew I'd be able to find for a lot less.
After a bit of digging around on eBay, I found the following:
2 x Silver Aluminium Anodised Kart Cable Clamp for Brake & Throttle FREE POSTAGE £3.25
GENUINE PROMAX UNIVERAL DOUBLE ENDED INNER BRAKE CABLE 2 for £2.98 (but you could probably get away with just 1)
TMC MSS Rail 308mm £6 (although if you have one of these LED tiles, chances are you have this already)
Ikea Mulig Clothes Rail £6.50
You might have to use a bit of imagination for this part as I didn't take many pictures while doing it.
I started off by cutting the top horizontal bar of the clothes rail to the length I needed (red line). I then cut the TMC MMS rail to the same length, less 20mm. I then drilled 2 holes into the exact same spots on both the clothes rail and the MMS rail, then threaded the gear cable through it.
Keeping in mind that the gear cable has to be cut at one end in order to be threaded through the holes, it's a good idea to wrap some sellotape around the end so it doesn't unravel.
It's then just a case of threading the cables through the clamps and tightening them using an Alan key. Although these claps are a little ugly and not very discrete, they give me piece of mind as they are very strong.
Hopefully you should end up with something looking similar to this!
All in it costs £19, but if you have the MMS rail and only use 1 gear cable (depending on length) it brings the cost down to £11 which I think is pretty good!
I wanted to find a way to suspend my TMC Mini 400 LED's above my tank without having to hang them from the ceiling joists. I looked into buying the suspension kit that TMC sell, but it's £30 for a few screws and cables which I knew I'd be able to find for a lot less.
After a bit of digging around on eBay, I found the following:
2 x Silver Aluminium Anodised Kart Cable Clamp for Brake & Throttle FREE POSTAGE £3.25
GENUINE PROMAX UNIVERAL DOUBLE ENDED INNER BRAKE CABLE 2 for £2.98 (but you could probably get away with just 1)
TMC MSS Rail 308mm £6 (although if you have one of these LED tiles, chances are you have this already)
Ikea Mulig Clothes Rail £6.50
You might have to use a bit of imagination for this part as I didn't take many pictures while doing it.
I started off by cutting the top horizontal bar of the clothes rail to the length I needed (red line). I then cut the TMC MMS rail to the same length, less 20mm. I then drilled 2 holes into the exact same spots on both the clothes rail and the MMS rail, then threaded the gear cable through it.
Keeping in mind that the gear cable has to be cut at one end in order to be threaded through the holes, it's a good idea to wrap some sellotape around the end so it doesn't unravel.
It's then just a case of threading the cables through the clamps and tightening them using an Alan key. Although these claps are a little ugly and not very discrete, they give me piece of mind as they are very strong.
Hopefully you should end up with something looking similar to this!
All in it costs £19, but if you have the MMS rail and only use 1 gear cable (depending on length) it brings the cost down to £11 which I think is pretty good!