Well I had a really bad day in the shop today. Yesterday when working in the shop and testing another circuit I got a little smoke when the master switch was turned on, today I investigated and it turns out I burned up the $50 dimmer switch for my LED strip lights. Then to top things off I was drilling a hole for a nut plate when I drilled into my finger I ended up going to the emergency room. I luckily did not hit they bone and there was no aluminum shaving in my finger but I did end up with a couple of stitches. The entire end of my finger was a pocket, I watched as the doctor swapped the inside with a large cotton tipped dowel. When I returned home I saw my meat still on the drill bit, man did that hurt!! It is time for a break.
NOTE: Kudos to Robert of Britta Products (www.PilotLights.net), I emailed to ask if there was a way to repair the dimmer and there was not, but he offered me a new one at whole sale, I paid via PayPal and it will be sent out Monday, you have to love customer service like that.
This is the area of the dimmer circuit board that fried, new one on the way.
