Nice setup Rusty. And happy new years back at you. Wishing you and the wife all the best.

Quote Originally Posted by emilya
My first thought was of PVC... I have used it before to good effect making Ham Radio antennas. But I thought I read somewhere here that PVC was dangerous to use around plants because of gases that are expelled from the plastic in a hot situation.
I read somewhere about not using PVC for irrigation systems due to this issue. I have not see this issue posted anywhere though under a 1K light I'm sure you could make the argument. I have not faced any issues. But then, I don't have a crazy hot light either. I would use wood before messing with aluminum. That's way too much work! Just nail together a few 2"x3"s. Let's look into the PVC thing further. It would be a good question to have answered. Anyone else have thoughts?