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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 08:23 AM by baker.shawn

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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Electrical