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Old 09-06-2014, 03:15 PM
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Well there's all kinds of articles on what glue to use so you don't fog the lens. I don't know enough about silicone to know if it can be similar. Lol Better to be safe than sorry.
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Better to be safe than sorry.
I suppose I've used lots of different silicones over the years to glue acrylic, and none of it ever affected the surface.
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Old 09-06-2014, 03:26 PM
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Any concerns with heat from the LED with the silicone?
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Old 09-06-2014, 03:34 PM
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Any concerns with heat from the LED with the silicone?
I guess over years it could get brittle, but replace as required.
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Old 09-06-2014, 03:40 PM
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Cool. Thanks
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I've always used low temp hot glue on my fixtures. That way if for some reason my heatsink starts to heat up I should be finding lenses sitting on my splash shield. When a lens does fall off the change in the light pattern is noticeable, on my system.

Sort of an analog temperature gauge. Though I've only had them fall off once and that was when the power supply on my fan controller went, was a fun day, Apex alarm, Fan controller Alarm and lenses falling down onto the splash shield before the controller shut down the lighting system.
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