Lighting Mod that Connects to Board

[philch]

I did this and yes I have a splitter, the original led connects to the port the other side of the splitter drives the relay for the aftermarket led strips:

Aftermarket LED fried AP board

I went slightly overboard but same as lexi I’m not tapping into original circuitry, just supply from the socket (so it’s really home wiring rather than printer wiring) and drive a relay (mechanical in my case rather than electronic) from the led connector. There is a lot less current draw from the relay (about 5mA) than the original led (about 150mA). Of course this only fits a P1, there is a board on the X1 where my meanwell 220V/5V sits. I wanted to make sure I would totally avoid drawing any …