[Lab] AC adapter question

[Britta Evans-Fenton]

I'll check it out tonight or tomorrow morning, when I'm with my artwork
again to be sure, but I think it might be even more than the 9 amps Michael
suggests.

How important do you think the other resistors would be. It would be a huge
undertaking to re-do this piece.

Here is the work here:
http://brittaevansfenton.com/System_Failure.html

Britta
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:

> Why don't you check how many amps you are using?
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> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Britta Evans-Fenton <
> technical at artengine.ca> wrote:
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>> Maybe I'm drawing too much Amps.  Would you recommend this AC converter
>> over the last one:
>> http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/LS150-5/285-1817-ND/1918828
>>
>> I would have Amps to spare on this one.
>>
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>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Britta Evans-Fenton <
>> technical at artengine.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> There are 188 IR leds:
>>> http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/QED233/QED233-ND/187410  All
>>> connected in parallel each with their own Resistor ( 91 OHM 1/4W 5% CARBON
>>> FILM)
>>>
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>>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Ken <klmckinnon at rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  It should power a LOT of LED's.  How many were you using and what
>>>> sort of current limiting resistor did you have....a quick circuit diagram
>>>> would tell a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/11/2013 6:49 PM, Britta Evans-Fenton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  A little question about AC adapters.
>>>>
>>>>  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.
>>>>
>>>>  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.
>>>>
>>>>  It is only a bunch of IR leds that it is powering, so I'm surprised
>>>> at the power I am needing.
>>>>
>>>>  any help would be very well appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Here is the Adapter I used :
>>>>
>>>> http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/VGS-25-5/102-1928-ND/2045659
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Here are the IR LEDS:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/QED233/QED233-ND/187410
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  And the Resistors I have on them were 91 OHM 1/4W 5% CARBON FILM.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Britta
>>>>  *Technical Coordinator *
>>>>  Artengine.ca
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