{"id":13448,"date":"2016-03-08T12:14:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T19:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ainslies.net\/?p=13448"},"modified":"2016-03-08T15:43:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T22:43:38","slug":"aerogarden-bulb-mod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainslies.net\/?p=13448","title":{"rendered":"Aerogarden Bulb Mod"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSC_0220\"<\/a>I’ve had this Aerogarden for a while but most of it’s life has been spent in a box in the garage because the lights quit working shortly after the 1 year warranty ran out. I decided to take it out this weekend and figure out what the issue was.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_0217\"<\/a>I disassembled the the light fixture and pulled out the power board and there are 2 250V 3A fuses on there. Both of then were blown. I de-soldered those thinking I would just replace them and the board would work. Then I got to thinking why do I want to fix the power supply for the proprietary ( and not very long lasting ) bulbs so instead I hacked it to take A19 ( “standard” ) light bulbs.<\/p>\n

I didn’t take pictures along the way but the hack is pretty simple.<\/p>\n

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  1. Disassemble the light fixture – 2 of the bolts are Torx. You don’t need to remove the 2 screws next to the power plug<\/li>\n
  2. Remove the old power supply and CFL mounting brackets<\/li>\n
  3. Mark the size of the holes for the new light fixtures – medium socket<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Cut out the holes with a Dremel. I left the original CFL mounting holes in case I wanted to go back to the old bulbs.<\/li>\n
  5. Cut a piece of aluminium L bracket to length and height. Notice there is a notch part way though the light fixture that you need to make room for. I also added 4 holes for alignment to the old screw mounts. I would check to make sure that the fixture has room to close properly at this point.<\/li>\n
  6. Attach some 14 gauge wire to the bases and mount them to the L bracket.<\/li>\n
  7. Attach the new wire to the power plug on the fixture.<\/li>\n
  8. Slide the bases through the holes from step 3.<\/li>\n
  9. Mount the L bracket to the fixture with 2 Tek self taping bolts.<\/li>\n
  10. Re-assemble the fixture and you’re all done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    I’ve currently got 3 60W incandescent grow bulbs in there but I’m on the lookout for some LED or CFL grow lights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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