Change Reflector in Nova Extreme

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  1. MyBoyGus

    MyBoyGus Flamingo Tongue

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    I have a 4 bulb T5 Current Nova Extreme that I purchased off Craigslist. It is the old style with the single flat reflector. I had immediately switched out the bulbs. Is it possible to stick in the individual reflectors from the new style unit? I would think I should be able to order them from Current.

    Has anyone here tried that?

    Thanks.
     
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  3. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Don't know, give current a call. You may have a size issue with the width of the reflector I am thinking. Look up your current unit and then look up the extreme pro and see what the width difference is for each unit.
     
  4. silverwolf72

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    If there is enough room behind the bulbs you could just go with clip on reflectors, the ones from hellolights are pretty small.
     
  5. MyBoyGus

    MyBoyGus Flamingo Tongue

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    Thanks silverwolf72. I took a look at their site and found this. It is 2" wide. So I just need to see if it may fit. And if close, buy one to try.
     
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    For my retro I use 2 hellolights, 2 ATI, and 2 sunlight supply. out of the 3 the hellolight ones still look band new after 3 years, the ATI has some spots from salt spray and the SLS are the in the worse shape.
    just some FYI