Dew Controllers

[Mav359]

Hi guys

I'm going to make a dew controller out of the LED dimmers off ebay.  The only thing i am unsure of is whether i have to individually fuse the dimmers or whether one fuse will do four controllers.

Anyone know?

Cheers

[faulksy]

when i did mine which i still use i used individual fuses on the out puts and a single fuse on the input, probably over the top but at least its safe. be carefull you dont over load them of ebay as theres no heat sinks or thermistors on them, the smell when they get hot

[SkySurfer]

Hi,

Fused outputs would be a good idea, if you are using the dimmers I think you are then they are rated at 8amps 96w, so you could get two outputs from one dimmer, 4 Amps for each output should be enough for most dew tapes.

This is interesting the guy here used those dimmers for this project, I asked him about it a while ago on here, scroll down the page a bit

http://www.ollyspages.co.uk

:)

SS

[Mav359]

Hi,

Fused outputs would be a good idea, if you are using the dimmers I think you are then they are rated at 8amps 96w, so you could get two outputs from one dimmer, 4 Amps for each output should be enough for most dew tapes.

This is interesting the guy here used those dimmers for this project, I asked him about it a while ago on here, scroll down the page a bit

http://www.ollyspages.co.uk

:)

SS

two on one is good to know, didn't realise that.

I guess i'll fuse the outputs then, better safe then sorry

Cheers guys