Who says you cant use duct tape for everything?


i know it looks pretty unstable, but I spend quite a bit of time making sure it was secure, waiting for the lamp to shift the tape and then securing it again...it's not going anywhere. if nothing else it's not resting on the mesh.

a few pics of the reptarium...i'm waiting on another paycheck before I go out and get a small ficus tree or schefflera to stick in there. (sorry for the poor quality)

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-Adam

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LMAO! Well done Adam!

Gotta love that duct tape.......

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

I've done something similar to avoid resting lights on screens, I clamped the lamp to a 2x2 and stablized the ends of the 2x2 with perpendicular ones and it worked out great.

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hmmm...love the idea. too bad I was a bit too lazy to get off my bum and get some lumber when I did that

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-Adam

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Ehhh...well it seems to have worked for you anyways, just store it in your memory for next time!

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Adam I wouldn't be too trusting of that set up. The heat from the bulb could soften the adhesive and cause it to release or shift sending your lamp down onto the mesh and possibley starting a fire.
Something else to watch out for, the heat from the bulb could cause your striplight cover to melt or warp.

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Merlin,
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i will be very careful thank you

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-Adam

"Help Protect our Planet from Overcollection, Purchase Aquacultured Livestock and Captive Bred Herps"

I would not trust that duckttape steup any further than I can throw it from sitting here at my computer. Furthermore I don't trust the clamps on lamps like this at all but all my lighting is clamp lights.

Both heat and age will kill the tape. Two easy things you could replace this with and trust it more are nylon zip ties (will work under 75 W bulbs) or steel wire.

Or look into a spring arm desk lamp. The ones that I have always worked with will easliy mount to any horizontal or vertical surface and sell for $10 to $15.

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~ Mark

Hello,

That doesn't look unstable, it is unstable. The heat from both units will slowly soften the adhesive. Its just a matter of time before it lets loose. Hopefully you are around when it does.

If you are allowed, you could toss a hook directly into the wall behind the enclosure and hang the light from that. You could also do as previously stated and create or purchase a stand.

Since you don't seem to mind the tape, you could also do another quick fix. Take all of the tape off and spend 2.99 on a plastic "u" bolt. Drill 2 holes into the plastic of the light fixture and clamp the clamp itself down with it. It comes with 2 washers & nuts which is how it stays in place. That would be far safer than that tape.

You could also just drill 2 holes and run wire in and out of the 2 holes clamping down the clamp itself.

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