Actually, Roy was hit when he was in various locations. One was in a fire tower that had not yet been outfitted with lightning rods. Once was a golf course, a few times in his truck, and others while in buildings.
I haven’t read his story for years. I remembered the tower.
yeah, it will help with the heat transfer, but it is only useful, when you deal with cutting edge temperatures and fast prints or big nozzle sizes.
Seems I once again failed to detect an old post 
It is hassle free especially with the quick connect. I just don’t know what happened to the old one the threaded m3 part just sort of broke in half.
Hey Larry
What printer did you add the BL Touch to. I just got my BLtouch today and I am wondering what Bracket to use.
My Ender 3 V2 already has the 2 holes drilled and threaded for mounting it. I found this bracket.
Ender 3 V2 BL Touch mount by Bertram69 - Thingiverse The problem is that there are 2 brackets of different lengths
I plan to use the smith3D firmware - What did you use? If I use the Smith3D then what bracket would I use.
This is all confusing to a newbe. lol
The summary of the print is below.
SUMMARY:
Compact BL Touch mount for the Ender 3 V2
Initial version (my preference, unless you use the Creality firmware and don’t want to update the offset):
Offset X = -39, Y = -7
Version with correct offset for Creality firmware:
Offset X = -45, Y = -20
There are two ways to set the X and Y offset:
Add M851 X-39 Y-7 to your start G code
Use Pronterface to execute the exact same command, followed by M500 so that the new offset is stored in the Eprom
The mount is fixed to the Hot End carrier by 2 M3 x 6 screws in existing holes. I had only M3 x 10 available, which also works but is the maximum length you can use
I used Version 2 of this mount Ender 3 V2 3DTouch/BLTouch Mount by jkostenov - Thingiverse and I used this spacer and reduced the z axis of the spacer to 50% in cura BLTouch Spacer/Screw Cover for Ender 3 Pro by onpdm - Thingiverse also used the screw covers but had to increase the z axis on them by 2mm.
This mount is the one that the smith3d firmware expects you to use they have already set the x and y axis offsets based on this mount.
Also if you haven’t already you should watch DrVax’s you tube video on how to install the BL Touch on the Ender 3 V2. Ender 3 V2 BLTouch Installation - YouTube
I get a kick every time I read about Smith3D and think about how they’re based in Singapore. It’s so wild how people and companies are placed around the world today.
I used the version 3 of the same bracket without spacers and it worked perfectly for my Ender 3 V2. The version 3 bracket w/o spacer is within a hair of the v2 with the 50% reduced spacer if you do the math. I’m not sure why everyone thinks they shouldn’t use the v3 bracket.
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Just found this cover for the BL Touch BLTouch Cover Protector (Remix) V2 by Pheelix14 - Thingiverse
Thought someone else might like to have it. Makes the install look a little more professional.
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Hi
I got my BL-Touch working and now I have another question.
DrVax shows in the video to place the G29 ; ABL - BLTouch command in Cura. Works great!.
Is it possible to put the command into OctoPI instead of Cura?
I assume this needs to be executed after the bed/tool are up to temp
You should be able to cut the commands for the printer out of the start gcode in cura. For example mine has this
; Ender 3 Custom Start G-code
G92 E0 ; Reset Extruder
G28 ; Home all axes
G29
Then paste it into your octopi’s settings option under GCODE scripts. in the box that says Before print job starts paste those lines you cut from cura into that box and save it.
Keep in mind though that if you print from say a SD card instead of your octopi those commands will not be there for your printer to execute.
In my case it doesn’t matter because i never print from anything except my pi anymore.
You can add them in settings of OctoPi under scripts. This is very handy if you want to keep the gcode swappable between printers.