how to wire LED ring

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hagemeyp
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how to wire LED ring

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how have you wired your LED ring, specifically the 12v tricklaser ring? I am still building my Max v2 and starting to work on the wiring, and am wondering how you did it. Connect to the PEEK fan harness? Run separate wires from PSU?
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If you tie it to any fan, remember it'll only be turned on when the fan is on. So it should be fine for the peek fan. If you give it a dedicated connection to the power supply seperate wires are fine. I put a terminal strip in my rostock so I can easily add/remove any 5V (red wire on the computer power supplies) and 12V (yellow wire on computer power supplies) additions.
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What is the purpose of the LED ring?
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teoman wrote:What is the purpose of the LED ring?
To be able to see what you are printing where there is not much light
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teoman wrote:What is the purpose of the LED ring?
To add light to the scene. That is all. Completely optional.
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I have a Trick Laser light ring. Cripes that thing is handy. Anyway, after struggling to pass the wires up the cable cover and down the arms, I gave up on it. I wired mine to the peek fan. It's always on when the fan is on or when there is heat to hotend. Works well enough for me.
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