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Originally Posted by niko  Hoppy,
I don't understand - when pushed "out of the way" the "hood" will end up behind the tank or what?
--Nikolay |
It ends up against the wall, about 10 inches above the top of the tank, giving great access to the tank for maintenance.
I ended up with this design after trying to use drawer slides to make it easy to shove the fixture back from above the tank. But, I only have 4 inches clearance between the tank and the wall, so I couldn't make it go far enough back. Then I decided to also hinge it so it would slide back and then tilt up. But, that left the light shining in my face. Then I remembered the parallelogram linkage, and spent a couple of days playing with that before I understood how to optimize it. Now I think I have what I wanted - good access, nothing above the light to see, easy to change bulbs, an open tank top, and no cooling fan needed. It is a pretty cheap thing to try out, since I will use my existing AH Supply light kit.