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When doing the trough, I went to the Home Depot to get the lighting for this, and they suggested I should have a junction box. Although when I look at everyone who has a trough cage, I do not see junction boxes. Why would they tell me I need one?

Thank you
Jeff
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For safty reasons. If your mounting the lite on wood, then use a junction box. But if your mounting it on lexan, then there is not need for a junction box.

Plus, thats how they stay in business. Cheers

Is Lexan the same thing as Plexi Glass?
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger
1.0 Amel Retic
0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Red Tail
0.1 Blood Python
1.0 Green Ananconda
1.0 Emerald Tree Boa

It's the most expensive grade of plexiglasses available. People line their windows w/ it on golf courses and on the coast in Florida b/c you can launch a cannon at it and it won't break.

n/p

Plexiglass is a trade name for a clear acrylic plasitc. Lexan is a trade name for Polycarbonate plastic. Acrylic is softer(less expensive) and scratches very easily. Polycarbonate is stronger and harder to scratch. It also can be purchased in a even more scratch resistant version, Lexan M5, I believe. It's polycarbonate with a uv and scratch resistant coating. Cheers