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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Britta Evans-Fenton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:technical@artengine.ca" target="_blank">technical@artengine.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div>A little question about AC adapters. </div><div><br></div><div>I have an artwork that I did that I used an AC adapter to get power. It was on for 4 days during a show, and I was surprised on how hot it got. (I almost burned myself). I did have duct tape on it holding it to the back of a wall, so that may have been half the problem.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm showing the work again, but I'm wanting to make sure everything is safe. I need to hide the adapter due to aesthetic reasons, so I wanted to create a little white box around it with air holes, and I was suggested a fan, although it if it getting hot due to over working, adding another fan might not be a good idea. </div>
<div><br></div><div>It is only a bunch of IR leds that it is powering, so I'm surprised at the power I am needing. </div><div><br></div><div>any help would be very well appreciated. </div><div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Here is the Adapter I used : <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/VGS-25-5/102-1928-ND/2045659" target="_blank">http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/VGS-25-5/102-1928-ND/2045659</a><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Here are the IR LEDS:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/QED233/QED233-ND/187410" target="_blank">http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/QED233/QED233-ND/187410</a><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">And the Resistors I have on them were 91 OHM 1/4W 5% CARBON FILM.</blockquote></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>
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