I am going to hang up a special lamp above my aquarium. It should hang from the ceiling using cables. The lamp is second-hand and has therefore hung on the accompanying cables before. The lamp looks like a half sunbed and weighs accordingly.
Here is a picture of the lamp but it looks smaller in the picture than it is in reality:
http://www.underwater-shop.com/images/Soleset t5.jpg
The lamp is 120 cm x 40 cm
Of course, I don't want the lamp to crash into the aquarium.
What can go wrong with:
The attachment in the ceiling?
The cable suspension?
The cable attachments?
All tips and tricks for hanging such a lamp are gratefully received.
Here is a picture of the lamp but it looks smaller in the picture than it is in reality:
http://www.underwater-shop.com/images/Soleset t5.jpg
The lamp is 120 cm x 40 cm
Of course, I don't want the lamp to crash into the aquarium.
What can go wrong with:
The attachment in the ceiling?
The cable suspension?
The cable attachments?
All tips and tricks for hanging such a lamp are gratefully received.
Yes oops, forgot to mention the ceiling. Sorry. It's a concrete ceiling. It's an apartment.
No problems with concrete roofs. Used a couple of sturdy plastic plugs and suitable screws.
I recall that a brown plug can support 75 kg straight down.
Found a table, hope someone else can interpret what unit they have specified the shear/tensile strength in?!
http://www.gunneboindustrier.se/segbo/notesamp/internet/segbo00007.nsf/viewunid/195F27AA516952D7C1256BAA00411730/$file/Plastplugg.pdf
I recall that a brown plug can support 75 kg straight down.
Found a table, hope someone else can interpret what unit they have specified the shear/tensile strength in?!
http://www.gunneboindustrier.se/segbo/notesamp/internet/segbo00007.nsf/viewunid/195F27AA516952D7C1256BAA00411730/$file/Plastplugg.pdf