AndLeoErd@feddit.org to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSteampunk looking lamp :)feddit.orgimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up124arrow-down1imageSteampunk looking lamp :)feddit.orgAndLeoErd@feddit.org to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 days agoPLA is not a safe or code compliant material for an electrical enclosure. If you have a metal elncosure inside the decorative PLA cover that would be safe and code compliant in most places in the US.
minus-squareAndLeoErd@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·5 days agowell then i am happy to not live in the worst country in the world, but thanks for the tip :)
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 days agoFire will kill you no matter what country you live in. And it will kill you a lot faster if the only thing between it and you is PLA.
minus-squareWhiteRice@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoIt’s not even like a non-American company has gone out of their way to make a fire resistant materials, for electrical boxes. https://blog.prusa3d.com/the-new-prusament-gets-ul-certified-were-launching-a-new-self-extinguishing-petg_80711/
PLA is not a safe or code compliant material for an electrical enclosure. If you have a metal elncosure inside the decorative PLA cover that would be safe and code compliant in most places in the US.
well then i am happy to not live in the worst country in the world, but thanks for the tip :)
Fire will kill you no matter what country you live in. And it will kill you a lot faster if the only thing between it and you is PLA.
It’s not even like a non-American company has gone out of their way to make a fire resistant materials, for electrical boxes.
https://blog.prusa3d.com/the-new-prusament-gets-ul-certified-were-launching-a-new-self-extinguishing-petg_80711/