Anyone Running Gieseamann Infiniti or Moonlight?

[Kengar]

I'm considering going for one of these. If you have either, what are your thoughts? Worth the $$$$$$$$ ?

[NAGA]

I have 3 of the Infinity's running on clients tanks. LOVE THEM!

[Kengar]

I have 3 of the Infinity's running on clients tanks. LOVE THEM!

 

 

I assume you have them suspended? If so, I've got a question re the suspension hardware.

 

Currently, I have a Current Outer Orbit fixture, suspended. I don't know whether you are familiar with the Current cable system, so I'll explain it before asking my question. On the Current system, there is a nice, satin finish circular plate that gets attached against the celing. (It gets attached to a bracket that has been bolted to the celing, much like your run of the mill light fixture bracket.) There is a central hole in the plate with a gripping ferrule that the main cable runs through. The main cable has a slug (for lack of a better term) at its upper end to prevent it from being pulled all the way through the ferrule if the ferrule were to be pushed back to allow the cable to slide through. At its opposite, lower end, the main cable passes through one of those inch long, cylindrical adjustment fittings that itself has a ferrule at the top through which the main cable passes. The main cable passes in to the top of the fitting and out through the side of the cylindrical adjustment fitting and has another one of those little slugs at its end to prevent the adjustment fitting from sliding off the lower end of the main cable when the ferrule at the top of the adjustment fitting is pushed back to allow the main cable to slide through it. A shorter, secondary cable passes through the bottom of the adjustment fitting, from one side to the other. There is a cylindrical mounting fitting (same size and shape as the adjustment fitting) hard-fixed to each end of the secondary cable. Those mounting fittings get attached to the lighting fixture -- one in front and one in back. Hence, the Current cabling forms an inverted Y.

 

Here's the question (finally! ). How does the Giesemann cabling attach to the ceiling? Does it have a bracket/cover type arrangement as described above? From the photo of the cable kit on line, that does not appear to be the case. What I would really prefer is to anchor to the existing ceiling hardware if at all possible. (The Giesemann would be a custom five foot fixture, so I assume I could ask them to space the anchor points on the fixture to match what is there already.) If the Giesemann system has the mounting fittings hard-attached to the cable (particulalry the top of the cable, since I assume the bottom is configured to slide up along the cable to adjust its height), would there be any way to use the existing Current setup? I would be reluctant to cut the cable to pass it through the Current ferrule, since my concern would be that the cable would unravel even if I looped it around some sort of anchor bar and crimped it down to itself. Or does the upper fitting at the end of the Giesemann cable screw directly into the ceiling (e.g., into a toggle bolt or other dry-wall anchor)?

 

Sorry for the long post/question, but your information will help!

 

Thanks.