We bought our new house directly from the builder, so I was able to get them to set things up properly: Cat6 and coax drops everywhere, all coming into a nice network closet. Of course, the HE lives in there, since the closet is (A) central in the house, and (B) made of plastic.
Since I got a 3D printer for christmas, I had to design and print this to allow the HE to be properly mounted in the closet.
If you want to modify it, the Tinkercad model can be found here:
which will allow you to work on the model fairly easily. The ungroup feature works on copies, so you can reduce it to it's individual components and modify it to your heart's content.
To quote the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation tag line: "Share and Enjoy!"
Looking to obtain a nice mount for my C7. Do you have any photos of the final product mounted?
No printer, will also be looking for a good place to get one made.
This is what mine looks like, mounted in my network closet. It's a little cramped in there, since the bundle of CAT-6 cables that feed to the rest of the house come in right beside it, you can see them on the left of the image.
To give some idea of scale, the four screws are on 2-inch centers, since that's how the back of the closet is pre-driilled.
And yes, those are not flat-head screws. I put some stand-offs above the base of the mount that make the Hubitat sit above them. That has the double benefit of stopping it touching the screw heads, and also giving a bigger air space for cooling.
Before I got my own 3D printer, I used https://www.shapeways.com for what little 3D work I did. I've just uploaded the STL for this to them to get a quote, currently it's a little under $11 to do it in the "First available plastic" which is usually their cheapest option. You'd have to add shipping to that, but it's not usually that hideous.
It might be worth looking around on the web to get it done cheaper, Shapeways certainly are not the only game in town.
I wanted to dig up this thread to give credit where it’s due.
I’ve analyzed dozens of mount designs for the Hubitat hubs, and yours has always stood out as the most thermally conscious. Many designs just slap the hub flat against the wall, choking the backplate, or worse—box it in completely.
Your concept of using standoffs to create a dedicated air-gap (plus the clever room for screw heads), combined with the vertical orientation, is brilliant. It effectively forces a natural convection current (chimney effect) that pulls cool air from the bottom and pushes heat out the top vents. It’s simple physics, but rarely implemented this well in 3D prints.
Inspired by your work, I've created a remix specifically tailored for the C-8 Pro. While the form factor is similar, the new port layout and external antennas required some adjustments. So, I repositioned the retention arms to clear the ports and reinforced them to 13mm width and another layer of thickness to prevent any layer separation issues with PETG.
It’s currently keeping my C-8 Pro significantly cooler than when it was sitting on a shelf, and the port access is now collision-free.
Thank you for laying such a solid engineering foundation for the community. It’s designs like yours that make the maker spirit so valuable here!
