Glowforge Red Wire High-Voltage splice repair tips

In this video, I show you where you need to remove the 10m screws to remove the two glass side pieces of the Glowforge lid and some tips about where you can re-route your red wire once you've removed it from the channel it is in from the factory and how to leave yourself a piece of string/twine/curling ribbon in the original red wire pathway just in case you ever want to put a wire back through there in the future. See the blog post for additional information and links to other photos.
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[@Sandra-yo4bp]

Do you have a video of attaching the red wire to the glowforge? I have it all taken apart and my new red wire ready, but I do not know the next step. thank you

[@JenniferLucille]

On my Glowforge, the red wire on the left side (away from the on button) is permanently attached into the power supply. I cut the red wire at the place where it shorted, put the splice kit in line and then ran the wire around the back of the glass tube as shown in this video. The right hand side of the wire (the side where the ON button is located) will have a ring terminal attached to it from the Glowforge factory. That ring terminal screws into the end of the glass laser tube. You have to remove the red silicone cap off of the right side of your laser to get at this screw. It is a 10m hexhead screw. Here is a link to the video I started with ua-cam.com/video/rdnKwaaekTY/v-deo.html&pp=ygUSZ2xvd2ZvcmdlIHJlZCB3aXJl

[@JenniferLucille]

The whole blog post I made with extra pictures and links to everything is here jenniferhuber.blogspot.com/2024/06/splicing-red-wire-on-your-glowforge.html

[@TracyMeeks-zw8tk]

Question. At the 4 min mark, it shows a piece of cardboard tapped over the circuit board. Is this there all the time to keep the dust out? And you’ve had no problems with it?

[@JenniferLucille]

I put that over the electronics when I was doing some engraving/scoring on plaster of paris pieces to keep any dust off the electronics. I made sure that the cardboard clears all the moving parts and no, I haven't had any problems with it being in place :)