M2 v4 Extruder Headlights

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airscapes
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M2 v4 Extruder Headlights

Post by airscapes » Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:36 pm

Wanted more light on the part so I installed a couple of LED on the back of the bed fan. I also removed the finger guards from both fans to reduce the noise and move more air.
Parts List is:
2 NTE30045 White LEDs (local Micro center)
1 560 ohm resistor
Arduino male and female headers 2 pins worth of each
hookup wire, shrink tubing, wire ties
Attached SLTs of LED brackets, LED covers, 3mm Spacer

Both Fans are 24v on my M2 so resistor is for 24v, if you have 12v that would need to change, check online-calc for proper resistance. http://ledz.com/?p=zz.led.resistor.calculator
More info below, above each photo
Finished product
printing abs square.jpg
Finished lights on printing
Left Side Bracket.stl
Left Side Bracket
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Right Side Bracket.stl
Right Side Bracket
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5mm LED back cover.stl
LED back Cover (keep the light out of you eyes and helps reflect it out the front
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3mm spacer for extruder fan.stl
Extruder Fan Spacer once finger guard is removed (screw too long without it.
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The rest of the pictures are outside the forum, if you are looking at this sometime in the future and they are not working please PM me so I can fix my DNS entry..
Brackets and LED covers
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Brackets with LEDs installed
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Brackets on Fan from Front and Back
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LEDs are wired in series with the resistor is first in line before the LED. Feed will be coming from the extruder fan leads. The white wire connects the negative lead of the first LED to the positive of the second.

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To tap into the extruder fan lead I wanted a removable connector should I need to replace that fan so I made one with the Arduino headers. Liquid electrical tape was used to insulate and give strength to the connector.

Tapping the Extruder Fan.

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Inputs for the LED getting the Male end of the connector.

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Wiring done
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Installed and plugged in
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Closeup of the home made header connector
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Lights on test not printing
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