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Mate rang last night asking for something to be designed and 3D
printed and this morning sent me a diagram with vernier caliper measured dimensions for me to work from. I designed and started the printing but when I checked a bit later, expecting to see it all done (as usual), the printer was off and the head not parked etc? ;-( Long short, it looks like the 20A x 12V 'open frame' SMPSU has gone weak? eg, After some faultfinding it seemed it could power most of the printer, just not the heated bed and so I have that now running from my old 13.5V 12A bench PSU that was last used powering my 70 cms packet radio and TNC. The heated bed is pulling a good 11.5A (at 13.5V) from the linear PSU and the SMPSU is 'still' running the extruder, Arduino Mega, RAMPS display / interface board and 5 stepper motors? The guy I was helping with the print job is the guy who originally bought the printer kit on the grounds I built it with him ... and the PSU was what was supplied in the kit. It's made in China of course and I'm guessing they may have been reasonably optimistic with it's ratings? That said, it's done a fair bit of work over a good few years so owes me nothing. When (if) this job actually finishes, I'll take the PSU out and have a look inside and a measure up then find a replacement that's about the same size, as it fits under the printers bed and there isn't much room for anything taller or wider. I still have one of the game console PSUs that I bought after a 'heads up' from someone here, and a stripped out PC PSU but on that the 12V is only 16A, and neither will fit under the printer and whilst I thought it being there wasn't 'a good idea', it actually helps keep all the power cables short and the PSU within the constrains of the printer itself without getting in the way. Maybe two PSU's would be better than one, (similar to how I'm running it now as the bed heater role can be completely independent of any of the printer electronics as it's powered though a relay) especially if they might not like being run close to their advertised ratings? 2 x 12V, 15A better than 1 x 20A (or 25A as it might be the same size)? Cheers, T i m |
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