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Instead of the mylar, would you want to use a regular PC reflector?

AHSupply has the Part 36117 - MIRO 4 Reflector for one 36 watt compact
17.25"L x 4"W x 2"H
Price: $15.99
http://ahsupply.com/mcart/index.cgi?code=3&cat=9

Marine Depot sells a PFO reflector that's similar to the one used with AHSupply's 55w kits. It's 23" long; so it will need to be trimmed. It's $1 cheaper and the shipping may be less too since they are in Anaheim, CA.
Description
23 inch Polished Aluminum Reflector for a single 55 or 65 Watt Bulb
23" L x 3.7" W x 1.4" H
Mirrored Finish
Our Price: $14.99
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~idProduct~PF7131.html

 

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The light fixture housing has molded in "towers" where the screws held the original guts in place. Those have to either be used to hold the reflector, or cut off leaving a problem trying to hold the reflector in place. I left them there and bent a zig zag into the reflector to get the reflecting part as far from the bulb centerline as I could. I couldn't easily do that with those pre-made MIRO reflectors. And, my goal was minimum cost or I would just have purchased a 2 X 13 watt AH Supply kit. Besides it is more fun this way.

I know that tinkering with things is really right much fun and you really like to do it.

By the way, here's some info. Kim at AHSupply told Fishy_girl at PlantGeek.net that he is not going to be carrying the 1x13w or 2x13w kits any longer. She may of bought one of the last ones that he had in stock. There just isn't enough demand for them, he said. But, he will still be carrying parts for them though. I sent Fishy_girl an unused 2x13w reflector that I've had for a few years. Kim hasn't carried these in a while.

 

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Dublicate post.