Vertex K8400 Power Inlet

thingiverse

I created a fifteenth IEC inlet design for Thingiverse's K8400, one that perfectly suited my needs. The IEC inlet block fits snugly into place at the front and clips in correctly using its built-in springy plastic lugs, designed to do just that. All live electrical components are safely hidden away at the back under a clip-on lid, requiring no screws, glue, or extra parts - just print, screw into the printer, and snap the IEC block into place. The internal lip on the part holding the IEC block in place led me to design a break-away support that prints in-place but can be easily removed with a sharp knife and needle-nosed pliers. All parts should print cleanly without supports. I used a 5mm brim for bed adhesion, though it may not have been necessary - it's just my default setting when using PETG. The tolerances on this design are quite tight, tweaked to print cleanly on my particular printer (an E3Dv6 hot-end and 0.4mm nozzle). For others with different hot-end setups, some finishing work might be needed to enlarge the hole where the inlet block sits.