DIY light fixture is shocking
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, 03-08-2012 at 07:41 PM (2111 Views)
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 voltageDoes anyone know how I can use a multi meter to measure this stray voltage when i try and narrow the source
- 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.
- A while back I damaged one of my LED’s when I had to add longer wires, I accidently pulled off one of the contacts on a blue star and had to superglue my wire to remaining tiny tiny bit of the contact (solder wouldn’t work)