Power left to add LED to R3D

I believe the power supply is 30 amps... the R3D is only using about half of that. 11a for the heated bed, and ~5a for the print head and steppers. There should be LOTS of power left in the supply.

 

Blue?! Wow... I dunno if that would be cook or drive me insane. I suspect the latter, but that's me.

 

I just added a 12" white cold cathode to the R3D. Mounted it up against the roof and sticky-taped the switch to the front (I'll print a bracket for it later).

http://www.xoxide.com/dual-white-cold-cathode-kit.html

 

Is it possible for the LED to turn on and off depending it it's extruding and turn off when it's migrating to a new position?

It would look like you have a laser!


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hi gang,

Does anyone know how to remove the power block (AC/DC)???
I was trying to attach my LED to it but I cant reach the terminal screws.

Where have you guys attaching the power for the LEDs????

cheers

 

I added terminal blocks in line with my power supply wires. I was never able to figure out how to remove the psu so I just snipped the wires in the middle and added the terminal block in line.

The other alternative is to connect it to the input power for the ramps board. That's what I did at first and it worked fine as well.

 

hey Mike,
I found this thread: http://forums.robo3dprinter.com/index.php?threads/power-supply-fitment.1149/#post-7552

with that info I was able to remove the PSU and add the wires for my LED:


I added 4 36 lumens modules (1 LED malfunctioning) lol

 

I added four rows of cool white 5050 LEDs running off the spare power supply output. Also running them with a dimmer so I can turn them down or off. Installed a couple sockets so I can easily remove the cover by unplugging a short cable.










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nice​

 

I forgot to mention, the power block slides right out. I takes a good amount of pressure, but it does slide out, no screws or attachments. When you do this disconnect the power end from the driver board, the cable is pretty short and you could put unneeded stress on the connector if you drop the power supply.

 

Power supply removes by sliding it - it is just a really tight pressure fit inside the unit. I recommend attaching any 12V wires to the leads to the control board instead - easy to remove, add wires, and re-attach.

I used some old speaker wire and connected a strip of these from amazon to the underside of the top cover around the opening and it works great - so much easier to work with and turns on/off with the main RoBo switch.

 

The new Y axis upgrade kit and the newer versions of the R1 (not released yet) have blue LEDs under the bed.

I just ordered some supplies yesterday for a pretty extensive mod I am going to install. Once I brush up on my Arduino skills I should have some lighting that changes once a build is complete, plus some other minor goodies. I'll post my setup here once I finish it up.