Better LED Light Bar for Prusa MINI (with Dimmer)
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This is an LED light bar for a Original Prusa Mini. This light bar is powered by a 12V power supply and can be dimmed.
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- Prusa Parts & Upgrades
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This is an LED light bar for a Original Prusa Mini. This light bar is powered by a 12V power supply and can be dimmed. It mounts to the top of the Z axis using two M5x35 flat head screws. The stock screws are M5x15 button head. The dimmer/power switch is located above the Z axis extrusion and the wire is fed down the back side of the extrusion and is hidden like the Z axis motor wire. No support required.
Print instructions
Parts
- 2x M5x35 Flat Head Screws
- 2x M5x20 Flat Head Screws
- 2x M5 Nuts
- 1x LED Aluminium Channel, 50cm, U-Style (7x17.65mm)
- 1x Warm White, non waterproof 5054 LED strip 5m
- 1x Mini 12V LED Controller
- 1x Wire (Red/Black, AWG22)
- 1x DC Power Connector Jack 2.1mm x 5.5mm
- 1x 12V/2A Power Supply (GST25E12-P1J) EU Plug or 12V/2A Power Supply (GS25U12-P1J) US Plug (a high quality one, MeanWell or similar. No cheap china PSU please!)
Assembly
- Print parts.
- Cut LED Aluminium Channel in two 25cm parts
- Deburr the ends.
- Solder cable to LED strip.
- Solder wires to LED controller (+ to red, - to black).
- Change the stock screws from Z axis with the 35mm one.
- Add new lightbar and enjoy great light.
Links
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Credits
The idea for this project comes from jagr200. Its design did not fit so well on my Mini. I then completely redesigned it from scratch and optimized some details.