50mm 12v LED Tape Light Enclosure

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I'd like to start brainstorming uses for different lengths of 12vdc LED tape lighting. A single 50mm x 7.5mm segment of tape costs about $0.07 USD if bought in five-meter 100-segment spools, which is less than the cost of the printer filament needed to produce this enclosure. It covers a single 50mm segment of LED tape lighting and provides two holes adjacent to the two sets of solder pads on each end of the tape, but it doesn't provide a means of mounting the enclosure except for using the wire holes to attach it to something. Once the two halves are assembled, the light is locked together, so you might damage the unit by trying to disassemble it. Soldering irons melt plastic like butter, so the kapton-based LED tape will fuse to the plastic if you solder leads to the tape's pads while it's in the enclosure. For mounting this enclosure to another surface, I'd suggest using tape, hot glue, or one of the wire holes to hang it from a nail, thumbtack, chain, etc. These STL files were used to assemble and demonstrate a working LED light, which were designed in OpenSCAD. I will be incorporating this design into a release version of the code, Thingiverse Customizer, and other designs that are forthcoming.