Monday, April 29, 2019

Improving the quality of my sleep

After reading too many Amazon reviews about cheap LED grow lights catching fire, I decided to fuse the AC input to my lights. I hacked a power cord and put a fuse holder in series with the line (hot) wire. The fuse holder is intended for low voltage automotive wiring, so I covered it with shrink tubing to make it safe to touch.


My Viparspectra 300W lights nominally draw 1.14A. I daisy chained 2 together, so that's 2.28A. I figured a 5A fuse should be about right. Here's the final setup:


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