Prusa Lights With Clip-On Brackets 3D Printer Model

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Summary

A remix of Prusa Lights (using WAGO connectors) from Zarbuta:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3534473

That project was in turn inspired by:

A modification to the light mounts was necessary to clear the filament spools. As designed, the original was fitted on a printer with the MMU upgrade, which I do not have. The clip-on brackets should work with or without the MMU setup. The inspirational project also used longer screws threaded through the Z-axis caps. The clips avoid taking that apart.

The "lightbox" sides were beefed up a bit as they would sometimes peel up or warp during printing since the sides cooled before the top was complete. This change necessitated additional changes to the top and bottom lightbox lids, as well as the mounting mechanism to the brackets.

A square nut slot and a hex nut recess were added to the lightbox top cover to make the mounting more substantial vs. the original, which had threads in the print. The bottom has been changed to three screws instead of a snap-fit. These are threaded into the plastic as there is no structural strength needed.

These modifications were done by @gromitdj on Homebrewtalk.com.

As shown (one lightbox on each side of the printer and the switch box), you would need:

Carefully break off the black plastic which holds the pins on the wires connecting the LEDs. You will use the pins inside the Wago connectors.

The 5-way Wago is used in the switch box for the ground pins in the switchbox, there will be one place left over. A three-way will be used for power.

You must solder the cables to the switch as there is not enough depth in the box to use crimp on female spades. For the rest, the wires clamp into the Wago connectors. I used male Dupont pins crimped on all of the wire ends as they fit all the way into the Wagos and provided a more secure connection.

Lightbox.skp 874.0KB
Lightbox.stl 308.4KB
Lightbox_Cover_Bottom.skp 46.3KB
Lightbox_Cover_Bottom.stl 17.3KB
Lightbox_Cover_Top.skp 32.5KB
Lightbox_Cover_Top.stl 13.2KB
Light_Bracket_Left.skp 310.4KB
Light_Bracket_Left.stl 95.3KB
Light_Bracket_Right.skp 457.6KB
Light_Bracket_Right.stl 95.3KB
Switch_Box.skp 2.3MB
Switch_Box.stl 389.8KB
Switch_Box_Door.skp 2.4MB
Switch_Box_Door.stl 26.8KB
Wiring.sch 286.8KB