Hi everyone,
I got myself a duet recently, and already installed it in my printer with delighting results. My setup includes:
-24v standard meanwell psu
-12v step-down modune, common gnd for fans and water pump
-AC mains bed controlled by SSR
Then I use a contact relay to switch PSU and bed, which is on the normally open side. To turn it on I have to momentarily connect the Normally-open and Normally-Closed terminals of the relay and it keeps on when M80 is written in the config.g file. I can use M81 and/or reboot the printer but not M80 unless it is physically connected again.
To solve this I thought about adding an spare 5V phone charger as always on to the board, but it's still unclear to me if I will have any trouble with it causing ground loops. It has been tried and seems OK, anyone knows a good answer to this?
*I have measured voltage between booth gnd terminals and by the time it was checked that was not any significant magnitude
A solution that comes to my mind is using the Normally closed side of the relay for the 5V phone charger, that turns itself off when the other circuit is activated.