Upgrade to HQI Sockets

[NaCl_H2O]

Ok folks, let's see if anyone has done something similar?

I am upgrading my PFO pendants from Mogul to DE/HQI.
Pendant like This One (http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PFO-400P10K&Category_Code=PFOp)

New HQI Socket is This one (http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LN-HQI-S250&Category_Code=Sockets)

Problem is I need two metal brackets to raise the HQI socket up away from the reflector an inch or so - I don't think the socket itself has enough hieght?

Does someone make this type of standoff bracket, or do I just make them from sheet metal?

Any ideas or experience would be appreciated!

[cpreefguy]

I think you could even make it out of a piece of thick acrylic

[cpreefguy]

or get a piece of aluminum and stack it up behind the socket, should be easy enough to drill

[Bill S]

Use aluminum. Salt does manage to creep up into those. And acrylic will probably melt... Mine are aluminum. HD should have small pieces of aluminum sheet - they charge an insane amount for them, but they have them.

[NaCl_H2O]

FYI - PFO says this upgrade is a "Bad Idea" - wrong reflector, etc.