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HaRuMaN:
My response was based on daoldman's advice, lol...  doesn't sound safe at all.

drventure:
Yeah, I'm more inclined to go with those little PS bricks that Ed and bkenobi pointed out.

That looks a lot safer. I can use standard twist nuts for the connections, as is typical for that kind of wiring.

Then, the thin wires for the leds only carry 12v.

Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: drventure on September 04, 2010, 02:33:30 pm ---Yeah, I'm more inclined to go with those little PS bricks that Ed and bkenobi pointed out.

That looks a lot safer. I can use standard twist nuts for the connections, as is typical for that kind of wiring.

Then, the thin wires for the leds only carry 12v.

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You still may need to tweak things -- 330ma is heavy for small LEDs,  you might need a 1W or multiple LEDs, or some kind of limiting resistor still.  Theres probably a hack to adjust the current on the brick.

drventure:
Oh, I was planning on resistors for the LEDs, just like hooking em up to an LEDWiz. No worries there.

DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: HarumaN on September 04, 2010, 01:19:14 pm ---My response was based on daoldman's advice, lol...  doesn't sound safe at all.

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It's very safe, if you do it right :)

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