Low Profile Netatmo Relay Faceplate for UK Wall Boxes

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After crafting my revised faceplate design, https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4320328, I quickly realized that I could bring it even closer to the wall surface with a few tweaks. But as I was completely out of white filament, I put the rework on hold until I had more in stock. Now that I finally have some, here's the revised design for your review. I deliberately made this one with a larger surface area than the standard UK switch plate. I'd like to claim that I did this to make the new faceplate stronger, balancing its reduced thickness and the absence of strengthening ribs on the new design. However, it's not true! The sole reason for doing it was that the stud wall where my thermostat lives is covered with low-quality 9mm drywall board. Repeated removal and refitting of the original, and the various printed iterations afterwards, caused the edges to crumble away. So it now looks terrible with a correctly sized plate. This larger surround simply covers up the damage...and, err, provides extra strength to balance its reduced thickness etc! You'll need to flip the STL so that it's face down, and use support on the build face to brace the recessed area where the Netatmo mounting block sits when fitted. The holes in the recess are just markers for the fixing screw centers. File them out to the appropriate size for whatever mounting screws you use in your installation. Other than that, it's a straightforward swap for the previous design, and requires the dry-lining box to be modified in the same way as the first. Refer back to that one, and everything will become clear. I'm finally happy with how it looks, and I intend to keep it exactly as it is...unless, of course, I ever get around to repairing the dry lining board!