Rick,

About the fans, I debated on it myself but tried for the venting
option first. All I did was add a piece of scrap 3/4" poplar at each
corner and two in the middle to raise up the fixture and then drilled
some 3/4" holes in the ends and the heat problem vanished. Even
staying enclosed within the canopy I have no heat problems now. Even
lifting up the lamp house and touching the glass it is only warm now,
not even close to the scalding heat I had before. I wish you luck.

David



On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 01:51:03 GMT, "Rick"
wrote:


"David" David underscore J underscore Griffiths at yahoo dot com wrote in
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Rick,

In the original setup the bulbs were probably only about 1-2" away
from the glass as the whole fixture was built to fit under the
existing hood that had a clearance of only about 4 inches underneath.
My heat problem came from not having any good way for the hot air to
leave the space between the reflector and the glass top. With the
spacers added the problem vanished. I do highly recommend the kits
from AH Supply. Very easy to put together and the light output is
just phenomenal. I'm sure others will agree that for the price they
really can't be beat. I wish you luck

David


thx. David. AH supply would be nice but I'm in Canada and the added cost of
shipping etc makes the price a bit much. I can buy all the parts locally and
just wire it together myself but was wondering if I was going to need a fan
or not with the PC's

Rick