Weezard, a few months back I caught the tip of my thumb in one of my computer fans and it sliced / ripped off half the nail, along with some tissue. Painful incident, and a long, painful recovery due to my volunteer work providing low-cost pelvic exams to deserving young actresses. I do believe if I'd have caught it right I would have amputated part of a digit.

When I was deciding what fans would line up with the fins on my heatsink I always mentioned finger guards. That injury was why. Sorry, I should have warned you more directly. Hope you're not permanently maimed. Those suckas are much more dangerous than hot McBurger coffee. Maybe we could have a class-action lawsuit? (Or, in my case, a "no-class" suit...)

Plaintiffs:
"Eddie 2-fingers"
"Lefty"
"Stubbs" etc., etc.

Be back soon. Have been having technical (electrical) issues at work, repairing old ("vintage" would be flattery) stuff as it pyro-detonates. (And I know what you're thinking... but I'm totally passive in this and just doing easy diagnostic and repair. I will admit to having burned up enough leds to finance a date with a starlet-turned-callgirl, but I am not causing THIS.) And, I busted my Fluke trying to get a reading while perched an a....well, never mind.

It's not that I'm accident-prone. Not at all. I just attempt things sometimes that a person with better judgement would not.

Thanks for the build log, though. I will have many questions. Hermie.

P.S. ifyoutakeenoughmeatoffyourthumbyoucan'tusethespace bar:stoned:
DreadedHermie Reviewed by DreadedHermie on . Calling out to Weezard for LED advice My friend, I've read your stuff here and at Steve F.'s site. I want to build a dedicated flowering lamp using Ledengin 15 watters. (4 reds, 1 blue, and possibly 1 warm white; LM 317's so I can tweak the ratios.) Essentially, a copy of your 4+1 cake pan lamp but built on a 4 x 18" finned heatsink so I can see what's going on under it.) If I were to post my picks for power supply, resistor ratings / values, etc., would you critique and perhaps offer some guidance? I have already purchased Rating: 5