Filtered Laptop Cooling Base for Acer Nitro 16 AN16-41

Yep! 😄 For the full description, I'd make it useful both to someone deciding whether they need it and to someone trying to print it successfully. Something like this should work well:

Acer Nitro 16 AN16-41 Filtered Laptop Base

This is a filtered laptop base designed specifically for the Acer Nitro 16 AN16-41. I created it because pet hair, dander, and dust were being pulled into the laptop's bottom cooling intakes and accumulating inside the cooling system.

Rather than adding external fans, this design allows the laptop's existing cooling fans to draw their intake air through a large, replaceable foam filter.

How It Works

Air enters through the openings at the front of the base and passes through a large sloped foam filter before reaching the laptop's bottom intake vents.

The filter slopes downward from front to back, providing additional clean-air clearance beneath the rear portion of the laptop where most of the cooling intake is located.

A coarse honeycomb structure supports the filter while leaving as much open area as possible for airflow.

Filter Material

The design was made around approximately 1/4" (6.35 mm) thick open-cell polyurethane foam.

I'm currently using inexpensive washable/cut-to-fit air-conditioner filter foam. A 24" × 15" × 1/4" sheet is more than large enough to cut a filter for the base.

The filter can be removed, washed or replaced simply by lifting the laptop off the base.

Dimensions & Fit

The base measures approximately:

360.1 mm wide × 279.9 mm deep × 25 mm tall

It was designed around measurements taken directly from an Acer Nitro 16 AN16-41. Other Nitro 16 models may have similar dimensions, but fit and vent placement have not been tested.

The laptop rests directly on the upper perimeter of the base. A thin foam/weather-strip gasket can also be added around the upper lip if desired, although I found the physical fit close enough that a gasket may not be necessary.

Printing

This is a large print. It was designed for a Bambu Lab H2D and will not fit flat on the build plate because the model is slightly wider than the H2D's 350 mm X-axis.

The model is intended to be printed diagonally in a near-upright orientation with the front/intake-opening edge against the build plate.

Several features were specifically designed around this orientation:

• Honeycomb openings are oriented point-up rather than flat-up to reduce unsupported horizontal bridges.

• The opposite end uses a 25° angled wall instead of a horizontal overhang.

• The filter-support structure intersects the angled wall so there isn't an unfiltered bypass path around the filter.

• Front openings are positioned so they can build upward without requiring large amounts of support material.

Always preview the sliced model before printing, particularly if using a printer or orientation different from the one described above.

Why I Made It

This isn't intended to replace the Nitro's cooling system or act as a traditional laptop cooling pad. Its primary job is much simpler:

Keep as much pet hair, dander, and household dust as possible out of the laptop while still giving its cooling system plenty of air.

If you have pets and have ever opened a gaming laptop to discover that its fans have apparently been moonlighting as tiny vacuum cleaners, you'll understand why this exists. 😂

This is an unofficial user-designed accessory and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Acer.