Advice for Prusa use for electronics enclosure
Hi everyone. A complete novice here. Don't have a Prusa yet but getting my hands on one soon (expect a jump in Australian consumers before July thanks to tax reforms) for electronics enclosures. Anyone got experience with this? Obviously has to be non-conductive. I'm looking at PET.
In particular, which filament that the Prusa supports would you recommend? To be more specific I want to build an enclosure for a MIDI mixer. Non-toxic would be a bonus but I don't want it to cost too much.
Adios and regards,
Franco.
Re: Advice for Prusa use for electronics enclosure
how hot will this enclosure get?
You have to worry about creep for long exposures to high temperature
Re: Advice for Prusa use for electronics enclosure
how hot will this enclosure get?
You have to worry about creep for long exposures to high temperature
It's an Arduino project. I've been using it in an open environment where the heat has been easily escaping and it's roughly ambient. Within an enclosure, especially a tight one, who knows yet. There are some components that do get fairly warm so I'll watch out for this. It's something I haven't factored in yet but should've, especially over long exposure. Perhaps I should make sure there'll be sufficient heat/air flow above certain areas, maybe even add a fan as worst case scenario.
Cheers.
Re: Advice for Prusa use for electronics enclosure
I would make sure it has lots of slots and openings for air, similar to the enclosure the Prusa printer uses. I would use ABS or over higher temperature plastics. If adding lots of slots not an option then you must add a fan and have forced air draft.