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- Pennsauken nj
So I decided that I was going to make some LED actinic bars for my 75...
Started off well, ordered royal blue, blue, turquoise, and green leds. Great.
Then I got 8 feet of U channel aluminum and 3 feet of L channel. Going to use L channel on each end as the holders, and mount the U channel onto it at each end. Making a square that fits Just inside the TEK light I have.
From here I ordered 2 meanwell eln 60-48D sinkable drivers from some electronics site. Also picked up 2x 10k ohm 1/2 Watt pots.
So I soldered Everything together and its all wired right, and (at the time I didn't have the pots) used a 9v battery to test. Worked wonderfully, and I was extremely happy. Aside from having to hold a 9v to it for it to work lol.
So today I went to radioshack and got the pots, and tried to hook one up and nothing happened. I read somewhere about a wallwart 10v or some junk, but I don't know. No where has a straight up wiring guide for this crap and I've never done any sort of electric anything so I'm teaching myself as I go lol.
So finally my question is. What the hell do I need to do buy or hook up for this to work? By the sounds of it I need the wallwarts, but I don't understand why I need a plug for each driver and each wallwart.... so for my 3 sets of 14 leds I need 6 damn plugs?
Please help if I missed something. I will make sure to post pictures this evening.
Thanks in advance.
Started off well, ordered royal blue, blue, turquoise, and green leds. Great.
Then I got 8 feet of U channel aluminum and 3 feet of L channel. Going to use L channel on each end as the holders, and mount the U channel onto it at each end. Making a square that fits Just inside the TEK light I have.
From here I ordered 2 meanwell eln 60-48D sinkable drivers from some electronics site. Also picked up 2x 10k ohm 1/2 Watt pots.
So I soldered Everything together and its all wired right, and (at the time I didn't have the pots) used a 9v battery to test. Worked wonderfully, and I was extremely happy. Aside from having to hold a 9v to it for it to work lol.
So today I went to radioshack and got the pots, and tried to hook one up and nothing happened. I read somewhere about a wallwart 10v or some junk, but I don't know. No where has a straight up wiring guide for this crap and I've never done any sort of electric anything so I'm teaching myself as I go lol.
So finally my question is. What the hell do I need to do buy or hook up for this to work? By the sounds of it I need the wallwarts, but I don't understand why I need a plug for each driver and each wallwart.... so for my 3 sets of 14 leds I need 6 damn plugs?
Please help if I missed something. I will make sure to post pictures this evening.
Thanks in advance.
