I added holes for 5x2mm magnets to mount these LED bars in the AD5M and be able to easily reposition or remove them as needed.
Also added a hole in the end that was filled so multiple bars could be wired together.
Model has holes for 8 magnets, I only used 4 per bar and they hold nicely.
*Note: magnets tend to de-magnetize at high temperatures. Use at your own risk. This has not been tested in a fully enclosed printer while printing high temp filaments like ABS.
Install Notes
*Note: Unplug your machine before installing. I have limited experience/knowledge with soldering and electronics and am only sharing what I did and my results. Do at your own risk.
- I printed and installed 3 bars.
- You need 24 volt LED strips and a 2 pin JST XH 2.54 connector that gets plugged into the yellow port on the motherboard at the back of the machine.
- The lights stay on while the machine is on. I decided to add in a button to the wiring so I can manually turn on/off the lights.
- I soldered JST connectors in between each strip, so they can each be removed individually for maintenance or repair.
Materials used
- 1 meter 24v COB LED 8mm strip (4000K) - Amazon link
- JST XH 2.54 2 pin connecters - Amazon link
- 5x2mm magnets - Amazon Link
- Heat shrink tubing - Amazon Link
- Some extra wiring, soldering iron and solder, wire stripper
- Printed light bars in black, plus printed covers in white
- Optional - switch to turn on/off manually - 12mm push button Amazon link
Steps
- Print the stl files and super glue in magnets
- Cut your LED strips to lenght
- Solder the connectors and wires to your LEDs
- Red wire goes to positive + and black wire to negative - (ground)
- Remove LED strip adhesive backing and stick to the printed bars
- Optional: solder your button on the red wire (positive) in between the port and the closest LED bar.
- Here I drilled a 12mm hole into the side of my acrylic enclosure and passed the button in between connecting the wires so the button stays in place.
- Install your light bars and pass the wires between the metal frame and plastic blocks for the linear rails.
- This is difficult and just fits, take your time you'll need patience and maybe tweezers.
- Open the back of the printer, locate the yellow port. Above it and to the left are openings into the printer, pass the wires through one of the openings and plug it into the yellow port.
- Be careful when deciding where to route your wires, you want to make sure that none of them will interfere with the linear rails, tension belts or printhead. Uses electrical tape to fix the wires in place and tuck them out of the way.
Good luck!
Feel free to reach out if you have suggestions to improve this or if you have more experience and see something wrong.
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The author remixed this model.
Differences of the remix compared to the original
Added holes for 5x2mm magnets and a hole for continuous wiring.