On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 22:24:30 -0400, "Martin Riddle"
wrote:



"Jim Thompson" wrote
in message ...
In the 51 years we've been married, Naomi and I have hardly been apart
more than few days at a time.

However my planned trips to SE Asia and elsewhere present some
logistics problems...

My wife is petite, 5'1", and I need some way for her to lift this
lid...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/AquariumLid.pdf

to feed the fish in our sal****er aquarium.

Very heavy, with attached lighting. So heavy it stresses my own
rotator cuffs :-( Recessed, so, right now, I lift it first with my
thumbs.

Any ideas? Maybe a lead screw? No room inside the hood, so it needs
to be external.

Larkin should butt out of the conversation and tend to his carpal
tunnel from emulating Anthony Little Weiner ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Interesting lift system http://samsreef.com/content/view/19/2/

Indeed! I hadn't thought of lifting the whole hood, but maybe that's
a scheme to consider... my tank is 250gal.


Drawer slide mounted on Top, that slides out (horizontal) for some
leverage?

Block and tackle to ceiling?

Thought of that as a temporary fix. There is an A/C duct about 12'
off the floor from which I could attach. (This is in the Great Room,
16' ceiling.)


Gas charged lift support? (automobile stuff, you need to mount inside
hood. This could work well.)

Cheers




No room there. Next time around ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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