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GGG LED lights mounted on silver shelf paper (fire hazard?)
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unclet:
Ok, I returned the silver shelf paper and found this peg board stuff which has white laminate-type stuff on one side and has the typical brown material stuff on the other (see pictures).   This is normal pegBoard stuff which you hang in your garage to hold tools and such ... just one side is white.

After I cut it I was wondering whether having the wires from the LED light touching the brown material is going to be a fire hazard.    I planned on having the wires coming from the LED lights be on the brown side and then push the LED light (and two metal wires from the LED light) through the hole and tape it down on the white side.   

Do you see any problem with me pushing an LED through the hole and having the possibility of the LED light wires touching the brown side?
polaris:
have you considered putting heatshrink on the led legs, they could short whatever you mount them on.
unclet:
unclet  <----  :dizzy:


Thank you ..... yes that would solve the problem.     I just tested out the pegboard wire mounting and the white side makes everything shine very nicely when mounted.   Heat shrink tubing should solve all my concerns ......  thanks again
unclet:
Just wired up a couple of panels using heat shrink tubing ...... it feels real safe to me know .... thanks again.   
DaOld Man:
Pictures??

Also, about the pegboard: there would only be a problem if the pegboard is electrically conductive. Put your ohmmeter test leads on the brown side, see if it has a low resistance, if resistance is very high, it should be safe to let the wires touch it.
I think most peg boards are made out of a cardboard like material (I may be wrong though). It probably wont conduct electricity (when it is dry), unless you are pumping a thousand or so volts to it.
If you are worried about the heat from the leds, turn one on for about five minutes, then touch it, I bet you wont feel much heat at all.
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