Attachable illumination plate for FLSUN Q5 printer which can hold three LEDs.
🎞 You can find a short video here.
- Make sure, that you have both wires (+ and -) together on the left or right side (see my example with an isolated black wire). Otherwise you cannot install the plate without unplugging all other wires.
- In my example, I omitted the top plate which prevents the LEDs backlight from dazzling into your eyes.
- The dimensions are for the default setup. For my Noctua one I needed to increase LENGTH from 46 to 47 mm.
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The power supply of the FLSUN Q5 has an unused 24V terminal. You can use that.
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You can use JST connectors to allow simple (un)plugging of the illumination plate.
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An LED always needs a resistor to limit the current: Seperate resistors for each LED in parallel or one resistor if multiple LEDs are wired in series. For this holder we only need one resistor, because the three LEDs are wired in series. Altough resistors might be sometimes referred to as 'pre-resistor', a resistor can be placed before, after or even between. That makes absolutely no difference.
The FLSUN Q5 offers 24V: For 3 x Green LEDs in series with about 2.5V each you need one resistor of >= 1,1K Ohm.
