Heater faults with numerous different heaters and thermistors
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@foden Now past where it failed last time, will leave it until the end or it fails 32% to go yet
The hot end I'm using has a e3d v6 block and thermistor, with the thermistor at the back nearest the fan. I may tril rotating the unit 180o to see what that does
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@foden completed print run without issue
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Silicone sock?
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@phaedrux Yes, there's a silicone sock on the heater block
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Ah yes, sorry I missed that above.
If it were the fan you should be able to force a fault by heating up and then maxing the fan. If you can't force an error with worst case scenario I think it would be even harder to get a fault in normal operation. That would lead me to think a intermittent writing fault has developed.
I'd try with a new thermistor and writing. If it doesn't help, at least you have a spare.
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@phaedrux I've gone through about 1/2 a dozen heaters and thermisters and several heat blocks all with the same issue. I have LOTS of spares now.
If i have the fan at full speed it fails - the link is obvious now but it wasnt until deckingman and dc42 pointed it out.My hot end assembly is a quick-removal type and I have tried 3 different versions of that, each with their own RJ45 pinvout board for cabling . It's definitely the fan cooling bouncing back onto the head/thermister.
Last test for today is running with fan at 35%, i rotated the hotend 90o and its holding up way better than before. I also up'd the print speed to 200% to stress everything else, loose cables, PSU etc - all good so far
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@foden fan at 45%
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@foden fan at 55% still holding temp
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@foden hmmm, another thought struck me as I'm doing this test. My previous cooling,,that failed, was in steps of 25%. Now I'm doing it in 5% steps, possibly the fan fired up way too fast for the thermister to react? I'm at 75% currently - may try that tomorrow as I'm fed up of testing and its late
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@foden last one tonight. Fan at 100% with hot end rotated 90%. I think he issue was fan related but not quite what we thought. Will test tomorrow with the same setup i have now, but think the fan was firing up too fast for the thermister/heater to cope. As i have the fan running now at 100% and the temp is holding perfectly
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How did you have the fan set when running a PID tune?
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@phaedrux I think the fans where off, hot end and bed, when i was running autotune, which i see, now, would be another contributing factor
Will re-run autotine with fan on and see what happens
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@foden Update - bed fan would be off when i was running the hot end autotune. Hot end fan comes on automatically at 45C
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@foden Sooo, when previously running the H/E autotune without the bed fan i got a heater too powerful and dropped the power value. After Phedrux query i re-ran the autotune with the fan at 85% and on full power I did not get the over power warning. I had no idea the bed fan would have such an impact on the H/E. I don't have that issue with my Maker Select IIIP (almost completely rebuilt running on RAMPS 1.4)
I now need to design a shorter, or stronger fan duct that won't droop and make contact with the print. Trying a very short one just for now
Thanks again for all that read my ramblings and helped out!
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If you can, print your duct in ASA or polycarbonate. Quite a bit more heat resistant.
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@phaedrux Thanks Phaedrux, haven't printed with either of those - will take a look
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@foden ASA is close to ABS. Polycarbonate is another beast altogether.
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@phaedrux As seems to be the way with all things 3d, find a fix for one issue and another pops-up. Just noticed my x carriage has a lovely crack in it :o(
Have to reprint and dismantle to get it replaced - sigh - oh well.....
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Building a 3D printer is a never ending gift of projects.
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@phaedrux LMAO - so true, so true my friend. I've learnt so many skills and other things I didn't know I needed to have that I can't believe I got this far in life without them
