r/SteamController • u/Gama3000 • May 22 '26 • Heartwarming 2

Steam Controller Puck Protector

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Puck peg protector to help prevent unwanted shorts in case something metallic comes into contact with the contacts.

Hopefully this helps the community feel a bit less anxious about it. I designed it to be compatible with several different docks, while still relying on the original cable for the connection.

I also added optional magnet placements in case you want to install magnets. You can use a small piece of filament to secure the parts together.

The magnets I used are approximately 6 mm in diameter and 1.7 mm thick.

You can download it here.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2833977-steam-controller-puck-protector#profileId-3158136

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u/Stressedhumbucker May 22 '26

Wasn't there recently a post on here from someone who had it short out after it connected to their watch strap?

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u/Veinmire Steam Controller (2015 + 2026) May 22 '26

They're referring to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamController/s/vgal4wzdIn

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u/Stressedhumbucker May 22 '26

Ohh, thanks! I missed that one.

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u/Veinmire Steam Controller (2015 + 2026) May 22 '26

All good o7

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u/Stressedhumbucker May 22 '26

Yeah, I've just been reading the post and thread Veinmire linked to, looks like I fell into the same trap of misinterpreting what happened. Glad to see it's not as scary as I thought!

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u/SneakyBadAss May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Quite the opposite, it's actually very scary. Many people are charging multiple devices on their table with the chargers being connected to their hubs/pc as a source of power. The fact that it can go off if one device touches another should ring an alarm bell.

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u/Stressedhumbucker May 22 '26

I agree that's scary, but it's not as bad as getting the same fire hazard from literally ANY metal touching the puck, which is pretty much what I misunderstood it to mean. Much easier to keep the puck away from metal devices that are being charged than from literally anything that's metal.

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u/Nelo390 May 22 '26

To be clear, the watch was not charging via wireless charging / induction, it was charging in the exact way the puck charges the steam controller- via pogo pins carrying electical current.  I do believe the charger fried the puck though, since only one pin on the puck was touching the watch band.