Glow Tank Coffee Table

Step 7 Bright Idea!

Now its time to install the Light.

Any Cold Light will work.

DON"T USE AN INCONDESSENT BULB. It will get hot, and you are asking for a fire.

I used a Floressent Bulb. 22 for this sized tank.

Use double sided Tape or Hot Glue to mount the light to the center of bottom of the board that you cut earlier.

Turn the light on. After the board is installed you will not be able to flip the switch. Better yet, find a light with a rotating switch on the cord.

Run the cord out of the tank, and close it up.

Comments

[mytechuniverse]

I think fluorescent bulbs get hot too. I say this because I built a shop lighting rig with fluorescent bulbs, and when the bulb was on it did get hot. However, I could be wrong.

[mikev88]

The BULBS do not get hot, the BALLAST used to light the lights gets HOT...

[Konnrade]

no, believe me, flourescents get hot as well. A stick flourescent bulb will still get hot enough to be uncomfortable to touch. However the major difference is that an incandescent can get hot enough to give serious burns if left on for long enough, or start fires. An incandescent bulb's filament can get hotter than the surface of the sun and over time the bulb slowly builds up more and more heat from the radiance of it. Flourescents don't get to quite that hot a temperature so are much less of a fire hazard.

[BSligh]

Here is an idea that i'm stealing from someone else. USE LED's!! As said before, they are very cool and very fun. No worries about them getting hot, you getting burned, or them burning out often.

Remeber, only you can prevent house fires.... or something like that...