Socket Strip Switch Opening Cover Plate (Customizable)

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*** This is thing is dealing with mains voltage. *** EU power socket strips usually come with these glow light switches. However. Regularly these switches fail and you can replace or remove them. If you are not experienced with working on mains power I strongly consider replacing the entire unit instead of messing with it. If you choose to replace the switch by an solid electrical connection, you are left with a dangerous hole. This is where my simple part comes in. After printing is should be self explaining. The small flat side goes into the hole and the side printed on your print surface becomes the visible cover side. The groove in the middle is where the plastic from the socket strip is snapping in. Print it without any supports in the default orientation. If your printer is calibrated the plate should fit it. Well, it is a snap in, so push the smaller side into the hole and gently push and force along the long side. A good way to get the other end into, is to place the socket face down to a table and force the plate into the usually thin plastic of the socket strip. Once it is in, there is no way back without destroying the plate, but this is intentional as you don´t want if falling off. As always I included the FreeCAD source file, so you can adapt it to your need if required. It basically is just three extrusions, so you probably can replicate it in tinkercad or what not quite fast. My file is fully parametric and should fit all needs. PS: As you may notice the image of the switch is showing a different socket strip. I simply forgot to take picture of the broken one, before snapping in the new cover plate. And now it is to late. :D Thats why I added a different socket I have in use, so you can get the idea, what I was talking about and what the plate in the end is covering.