So with my pieces ready to assemble and it being too cold to leave the house, thought I would put this thing together. It was hard to figure how I wanted to configure it and knew if I screwed it together I would probably drill new holes and change it later. Had a brainstorm on how to make it easy to reconfigure. 3/4x3/4x1/16 inch channel has an id of 5/8 inch, 1/2 inch copper pipe has an od of 5/8 inch. The two came together. My light is assembled without screws, just friction fit together. The outer pipe connections are just hot glued for a tighter fit.
As is, ready for sprouting with four strips, is wired for 12 strips.
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If I want to add a strip just place short copper pieces anywhere and push channel with strip on.
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I ran out of pipe and connectors but will add on to the top and bottom. This will add 4 more strips and maxes out my small closet.
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There's more! The strips don’t have to point straight down, can be angled.
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If I get more strips I can cut 2 shorter channels and add 1 strip to either side. Add more T's and can be expanded in all directions. It's the Meccano of grow lights.
