[ML-General] Weird Smell from Wanhao Duplicator i3 Control Box

[David Cantrell]

I have two of the first one that you linked. No fires yet, knock on wood.

On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 5:37 PM Ryan Coons <ryancoonsyhg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do have a recommendation for a MOFSET card? I was told to get either this
> one:
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/BIQU-Power-Module-Expansion-Printer/product-reviews/B01HEQVQAK/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_hist_4?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=four_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar
>
> or this one:
>
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HCVJ3K2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_PI.Cyb7TB37GQ
>
> Both have mixed reviews, either working like a champ for all-time, or
> broken out of the box, or catastrophically failing and danger-heating
> within a month. What do?
>
> Cheers,
> Ryan Coons
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:38 PM David Cantrell <madhatter at hackshaq.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  You would have to double check the burned areas inside of the control
>> box for hints, but from personal experience, 3-D printers burning are
>> usually the heat bed connector on the motherboard over amping, shorting and
>> catching fire. For future reference, you can buy a cheap adapter card on
>> Amazon that has a MOSFET that allows the heat bed to pull power directly
>> from the power supply which prevents the over amp situation.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:12 PM Ryan Coons <ryancoonsyhg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ahoy!
>>>
>>> As I was beginning to print part of a friend's birthday gift, my control
>>> box made a non-standard whirring noise and an unpleasant odor. I haven't
>>> identified the root cause, but it's probably electrical and burning, given
>>> the Wanhao's known grounding issues and my experiences with foul smells.
>>> Has anyone encountered this before? If so, what do?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ryan Coons
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> This is the general mailing list.
>>> This list is for public discussion about Makers Local and related
>>> activities.
>>> To stop receiving mail from this list, write to
>>> general-leave at lists.makerslocal.org.
>>
>> --
>> Regards. David
>> 256.615.2277
>> Sent from my cell phone
>> _______________________________________________
>> This is the general mailing list.
>> This list is for public discussion about Makers Local and related
>> activities.
>> To stop receiving mail from this list, write to
>> general-leave at lists.makerslocal.org.
>
> _______________________________________________
> This is the general mailing list.
> This list is for public discussion about Makers Local and related
> activities.
> To stop receiving mail from this list, write to
> general-leave at lists.makerslocal.org.

-- 
Regards. David
256.615.2277
Sent from my cell phone
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.makerslocal.org/pipermail/general/attachments/20190126/3838a799/attachment.html>