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[QUOTE="Whitey-, post: 134313, member: 39146"] So a quick update on how I went. I decided last weekend on Saturday arvo I'd run a simple Halloween show to test my skillset and find any gremlins early whilst I wait for various parts to arrive. Of course Halloween being Tuesday night, this was a challenge. I started with some simple testing. I built a simple circuit using one of the Meanwell supplies I ordered and the Arduino I set up previously to do my LED strip testing. I went through and did QA on every single cable, light and power supply I had bought. [ATTACH type="full" width="392px"]24200[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="394px"]24201[/ATTACH] All was going well until I decided to move the 'live' wire out of the power supply. I of course unplugged it first. I saw the LED was still on, but I'd seen that it took a minute or so to power down previously (I'd guess whilst a capacitor is discharging), so given I was working on the mains side (unplugged, right?), this wasn't a concern. [ATTACH type="full" width="170px"]24199[/ATTACH] I learnt three things there. 1) The LTT screwdriver can take a punch of power (barely even marked the powder coating) 2) You should always check _which_ cable you unplugged - in this case the pixel tester 3) I should stop doing thing on my expensive dining table So I went the next day to the big green shed and bought myself a 'good quality' workbench, both for storage underneath and as a working area. As you can see, the quality was fantastic - the MDF didn't fit the fame. Nothing a shakey circular saw run can't fix! [ATTACH type="full" width="419px"]24202[/ATTACH] I set it up next to my other blinkey-light related hobby in the garage and went and sorted out dinner, bedtime etc for the kids. [ATTACH type="full" width="422px"]24203[/ATTACH] Apparently I can only attach 6 files per post, so we'll continue on shortly... [/QUOTE]
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