Electrical connectors

Introduction

Nearly every project requires many electrical connections.

Challenges

There are too many different shapes, sizes, and varieties of electrical connectors, switches, plugs, and receptacles to count. Additionally, each often requires it's own special tools, processes, consumables, etc.

Approaches

Electrical connector

Wherever possible, replimat projects are wired with versatile and fully reusable 221-615 five position Wago lever nuts or equivalent terminal blocks (link?). These accept larger 20 - 10 gage wire than the more commonly used 221-415 connectors' 24 - 12 gage range.

Printable electrical switch

Rationale:

The printable electrical switch may be one of the only replimat components that’s more expensive than it’s commercially available counterpart. But all its subcomponents can be fully recovered and repurposed for use in other replimat components.

Development targets:

• Printable electrical switch v0.1 - just nuts, bolts, and printed parts
• Printable foot switch v0.1 -
• Printable tool trigger v0.1 -