50mm 12v LED Tape Light Enclosure

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I thought I'd start coming up with uses for various 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 and does not provide a means of mounting the enclosure except to say that the holes for wires could also be used to affix the light to something. Once the two halves are assembled the light is locked together meaning 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 is in the enclosure. For mounting this enclosure to another surface I'd suggest tape, hot glue, or using one of the wire holes to dangle it from a nail, thumbtack, chain, etc. These are only the STL files with which I was successfully able to assemble and demonstrate a working LED light. They were designed in OpenSCAD so I will be incorporating this design into a release version of the code, a Thingiverse Customizer and other designs which are forthcoming.