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Step 10.80 — Fit the strip fin and close the AC lids

Step 73 of 80 · Chapter 10 — Wiring and Checkpoint #1

Parts:

  • V2L_STRIP_FIN ×1 · bin 10-lids-AC
  • CMD_V2_6B_WIRE_BOX_COVER ×1 · bin 10-lids-AC
  • V3L_90DEG_R15_COVER ×2 · bin 10-lids-AC
  • V3L_34mm_DUCT_COVER ×1 · bin 10-lids-AC
  • CMD_V2_6B_T_SHORT_COVER ×1 · bin 10-lids-AC
  • V3L_10mm_DUCT_COVER ×2 · bin 11-lids-DC, 10-lids-AC
  • VHB pad · consumable

Do:

  1. Cord out of the room. Find 3 FG, the ⏚ beside 2 N, and 4 −V next to it.
  2. VHB the foot down (verify on bench), foot forward, between 3 FG and 4 −V.
  3. Snap every AC lid on.

Check

Screws 1–3 on the fin's mains side, −V and +V on the other. Fin ≥2 mm from both, no lower than the PSU top (verify on bench).

What you're looking at

The strip fin, a 55 mm plate on a flat 22 by 12 mm foot, stands between the PSU's 3 FG and 4 −V screws: DC leads leave forward, mains rearward. The AC lids cover every mains lead; the terminal screws stay open.

Tip

10.80 comes here, before the 10.73 sweep, on purpose. It was added to the chapter last, so it carries the last number.

Layout v3

a silkscreen in any other order moves the fin; stop and re-check before sticking it. Never loosen or bend a terminal to make room, and no lead may be pinched under a lid. LDO layout: skip this step; LDO's build has no fin and its lids stay off. LDO § Finish line

Good stopping point · ~30 min since the last one

below-deck runs dressed, mains in the AC conduit and DC in the loop, both deck openings strain-relieved, every cable tagged, bay walked against LDO's photo and the overlay, strip fin fitted and every AC lid on; DC lids still off. Do not fit a DC lid or any skirt.

Source: review/2026-09-23-bay-mods/layout-v2/layout-v2.md § How each requirement is met, bench checks 13–14 · layout-v3/layout-v3.md § AC conduit · layout-v3/overlay-v3.jpg, fin at the FG/−V gap · drawing: layout-v3/work/leads_v3.py · MSS AC covers, Printables 505838 · MSS duct remix, Printables 502306, after RyanDam's Cable Management Duct, GPL-3.0 · Mean Well LRS-200 datasheet — terminal pin assignment

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