Anet A8 Vertical Heat Bed Wire Strain Relief for JST VH 6 Pin

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This is a low profile vertical right angle wire support and strain relief for the JST VH 6 pin connector that connects to the heat bed of the Anet A8. Before doing putting this on you should fix your heat bed connector to use both of the positive and both of the negative pins on the heatbed. After I did this my connector no longer gets hot to the touch. I wanted this because the other heat bed connector strain reliefs around here either have the wires come straight out the back, or have a hard right angle on the same plane as the connector for people who have turned their heat beds 90 degrees. Since I have my heat bed cable fed vertically from above with the stock bed orientation, I wanted my wires supported vertically to minimize the angles of repetitive flexing in the cable as it moves. This print just snaps in place once fully inserted around the heat bed connector, its a snug fit. It does take a bit of work to squeeze in there. Make sure you don't pinch the wires and then ziptie it up when you have it on all the way. I designed this to use the extra 2 mm zip ties that come with the Anet A8. Included .scad design file if you want to tweak with it :)