Eclipse hood dripping condensation

[Small Fry]

I am using an Eclipse 1 TL hood on my 10G FW. I seem to have a problem with condensation forming in the hood and then dripping out the back onto my wooden table and then onto my floor. I have been told that this is a common complaint with this hood. Does anyone know of a fix. This is a major complaint on an otherwise nice design.

I've lowered tank temperature a couple of degrees F but no change. The water is not splashing and fish are not responsible as it is currently empty.

Does anyone know of a fish safe gasket material to span 1/4"

 

[Lateral Line]

Can you not fit a drip tray over the tank?

 

[Small Fry]

Can you not fit a drip tray over the tank?

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I'm not sure what you mean. the hood looks like (sideways view)


============= <<-- hood fits outside of tank
] |xx tank xxx | [
] |xxxxxxxxxx| o[
.. |xxxxxxxxxx| o ------dripping (o = drops of water)
.. |xxxxxxxxxx| o
.. |xxxxxxxxxx| o
.. ----------------

Any ideas???

 

[BigC]

If there is not already a lip inside the top of your aquarium then silicone two pieces of glass xxmm x 25mm x 4mm (xxmm being the length of your aquarium).
about 25mm down on the front and back panes of your tank. Then purchase one or two condensation trays from your local LFS and seat these on the lip. they are inside therefore the condensation hits these first and drips straight back into the tank.
Regards
BigC

 

[pnyklr3]

I have an eclipse hood on one of my ten gallons. Mine only drips in the back where the power cord cut-out are (but not from these cut-outs themselves). Honestly, for me, it doesn't ahppen all of the time, so I stick a sponge or papertowel back there just to take care of the drips. It isn't a steady stream, is it?

 

[Small Fry]

I have an eclipse hood on one of my ten gallons. Mine only drips in the back where the power cord cut-out are (but not from these cut-outs themselves). Honestly, for me, it doesn't ahppen all of the time, so I stick a sponge or papertowel back there just to take care of the drips. It isn't a steady stream, is it?

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It isn't a steady stream and I can only know about the problem by the puddle each day. I isolated the problem by running my finger under the hood and drying it out with with a towel only to find moisture there in a couple of hours. My leak is in the same spot as yours. The problem seems to be the high humidity condensing in the hood. This doesn't seem to happen under the filter compartment and I can see the condensation and dripping back into the tank.
It seems the vent over the power cord area isn't big enough.

I've been leaving the rear hood open all the time and that seems to have solved the dripping problem. I'm going to make another cover from black plastic to cover just the biowheel and filter leaving the power cord compartment to allow the moisture to vent and this should fix my problem . (I'm keeping the original cover in case I want to sell the hood later on)

 

[fawnmodel]

My small tank does the same thing, I find keeping the water level an inch under, and actually REMOVING the condensation tray from inside helps tons. With the tray in, and the water high it constantly drips all over my exp table (even with a vinyl placemat under).

Hope this helps.