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  1. DIY light fixture is shocking

    the title basically says it all, I’ve only just discovered it today when i touched my fixtures heat sink and U-channel aluminum with wet hands...it wasn’t a strong shock but none the less this should not be happening

    There are two posible sources of this stray voltage
    1. Where the wires from the drivers go through the sharp edge of the heat sink and in to my fixture its possible it cut the insulation.
    2. A while back I damaged one of my LED’s when I had to add longer wires, I accidently
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    Updated 03-09-2012 at 07:23 AM by baker.shawn

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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Electrical
  2. Midnight's 300g Build Concrete Day (warning lots of pictures )

    On Tuesday the concrete guys showed up to get the aquarium pad done and open up the brick wall.

    In preparation I had to move some old electrical and pull a fascia board from the top. To my pleasant surprise the brick stopped short of the ceiling, this meant that we could take down the whole wall and not support upper brick work.



    I wasn't able to stay all day so I didn't get ...