Custom enclosure: power supply for LEDs, extractor, etc

@bob2356 I see what you’re thinking but don’t do that. Get a power supply (like this, even comes with screw terminals) and just do your lighting completely separately from the machine.

  1. You will be creating an electrical hazard by sticking pins in, which will likely result in frying the controller someday.
  2. When you change tools the machine is off, so you’ll lose lighting.
  3. While the machine PSU isn’t really “overloaded” it doesn’t have a lot of spare capacity. Don’t add more load to it if you don’t have to.

Just power the lights via a separate power supply, it’s the right thing to do. Put a switch in a box like @sdj544 posted here: Sounds like the rotary module is coming pretty soon?

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