OutletShelf Charge Dock

A small shelf that hangs on the screws already holding an outlet cover plate. The deck is below the receptacle. A window larger than the plate opening is cut through the upright, and that same clear space is kept in front of the socket.

This model was designed in OpenSCAD with AI coding assistance.

This is not a listed electrical product. It must never cover receptacles or block plugs. Leave the cover plate on the outlet. Reuse its #6-32 oval-head screws. The upright is 2.6 mm thick, so a short plate screw may no longer catch. If it does not, replace it with a longer #6-32 oval-head screw, commonly 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch. Do not leave the plate loose, and do not open the box or move conductors.

License: CC BY 4.0. You can share it and adapt it. Credit the design, link the license, and say what you changed.

Recommended print: PLA, 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.20 mm layers, 3 walls, 15% infill, no supports. Keep the STL as saved, deck on the bed and the upright rising at the back. A brim helps the tall upright stay stuck down. This slice was made without a brim. The screw holes are teardrop-shaped so the horizontal bore has a 45 degree roof.

The pictures are OpenSCAD renders.

Files and slicer estimates:

PrusaSlicer 2.7.2, generic PLA, the settings above. These lines are copied from the gcode summary.

• outletshelf-decora-120x118.stl — Default Decora-style dock, 120 mm wide and 118 mm deep, with the round puck pocket. Slicer: estimated printing time (normal mode) = 8h 20m 52s. filament used [g] = 91.67.

• outletshelf-duplex-108x100.stl — Duplex plate, flat deck, no puck pocket. One screw above the lower socket. Slicer: estimated printing time (normal mode) = 5h 41m 49s. filament used [g] = 62.31.

The .scad is one file for the customizer. Lettering uses Liberation Sans.

What you can change:

• Plate: US Decora-style (two screws, opening centred between them), US duplex (one screw above the lower socket), or custom measurements.

• On a custom plate: one or two screws, the distance between two screws, opening width and height, and, for one screw, how far the screw sits above the opening.

• Shelf width, depth, and thickness. Front and side lip height and thickness.

• How far the deck sits below the opening, how deep a plug lane stays clear, and an extra margin around the opening.

• Upright thickness.

• Phone support: a flat deck, an angled rest up to 40 degrees, or that rest plus a groove for the bottom edge of a phone.

• A cable notch in the front lip, and its width.

• A round pocket, its diameter, and its depth. The default pocket is 58 mm across and 2.2 mm deep, for a puck about 56 mm across.

• Screw clearance and head recess. Defaults are a 4.2 mm hole and an 8.2 mm teardrop recess for a #6-32 oval head.

• A short raised name on a flat deck.

Decora-style defaults use two screws 96.8 mm apart and an opening 33.3 mm by 67.1 mm. The duplex file uses one screw and a lower opening 33.3 mm by 19.4 mm. Those figures come from published plate-opening sheets and are nominal. Measure the plate in your hand before you rely on them. Custom mode is there for a plate that does not match either one.

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