Argon Poly+5 Case Lid (Rasperry Pi 5)

In stock form the Argon Poly+ for the Pi5 comes with a very restrictive Lid. Its allowing air in but no air out. If the stock pi5 cooler is used the cooler is basically cycling its own air. To fix that i created this mod. For those who use full size Hats on their Pi i made a second version that leaves as much room as possible inside and adds a side vent on the left so the fan would still be able to sniff some fresh air while doing fan things

update: added the on/off button in a printable form so it can be color matched to the lit.

testing results

Ive tested both variants now. Im running mainly home assistant and with the noFan variant(using the pi5 cooler with fan) it stays consistently around 47c vs the 55c on the fully closed stock Lid. with the Fan shroud version of the lid the temps can be reduced further down to ~45c.

recommendations

• print standing on the backside.
• no supports required for both versions
• optimised for 0.4 nozzle
• normal variant compatibility
  • Pineboards Hatdrive Nano
  • stock Pi5 fan cooler
  • waveshare Active Cooler for Raspberry Pi 5 (the one with the smallest heatsink, single fan)
• no Fan variant compatibility
  • all(as far as i know) full size Hats
  • most cooling solutions
• On/Off button has support built in - just snip it of after printing

version log

v03 - on/off button added
v02d (initial release)