Ideas for mounting two of these lights in an aluminum bar?

[Tiny Ocean]

I bought a second of these black box lights but the new one has a differently shaped mount, so I want to make my own. I got a lot of good ideas for the fixture from previous posts, but I'm not sure of the best way to hang these lights from the support. The tops are some kind of metal and I've already tried and failed to find long enough screws that fit those drill holes. Any ideas?

 

[RedoubtReef]

What are you attaching it to and is that chicken foot on the right side of the light?

 

[Yates273]

Those are similar to an AI HYDRA 26. Check out the DIY hydra mount using a tv mount. I did this before going to a hybrid system and it worked great!

 

[Tiny Ocean]

What are you attaching it to and is that chicken foot on the right side of the light?

The easiest option seems to be aluminum tubing.
Also, that's a parrot foot. He wouldn't go away.

 

[RedoubtReef]

Have you looked at extruded aluminum? They have all kinds of attachment options. Here is what I built with stuff I bought from 8020.net

 

[Tiny Ocean]

Have you looked at extruded aluminum? They have all kinds of attachment options. Here is what I built with stuff I bought from 8020.net

I'll look into it, thanks!

 

[theatrus]

The problem with those mounting holes is you can't get into a T-nut in a T-slot from that angle. Getting a mounting plate made (or some with some flat metal stock) is an option. Or set the light on top of aluminum T-slot.

 

[MoshJosh]

Could just drill small holes in the heat sync at all four corners and ceiling mount them



I'm sure there are other ways of using the heat sync for mounting. . .

Could also make a "tray" out of angled aluminum like I did:

DIY mount for Fluval nano LED

Wanted to use my two nano LEDs on this 24 gallon tank but the stock mounts were not long enough. I made my own mount using angled aluminum. The way it is right now it can sit on the rim of the tank, I may mount it just like this, however, doing it this way may have the LED too close to the...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Tiny Ocean]

Could just drill small holes in the heat sync at all four corners and ceiling mount them



I'm sure there are other ways of using the heat sync for mounting. . .

Could also make a "tray" out of angled aluminum like I did:

DIY mount for Fluval nano LED

Wanted to use my two nano LEDs on this 24 gallon tank but the stock mounts were not long enough. I made my own mount using angled aluminum. The way it is right now it can sit on the rim of the tank, I may mount it just like this, however, doing it this way may have the LED too close to the...

www.reef2reef.com

Thank you for the links, I missed this tray one when I was searching for ideas!