Post by travistrue on Mar 26, 2016 8:39:03 GMT
I really hope I didn't botch this up again... I finally got ahold of an Azteeg X5 Mini v1.1, and set it up. I ran it for a couple of seconds, and then I smelt a familiar electronics smell that my previous Azteeg made, but no smoking this time.
Here's what I did:
The strands in the 14-gauge wires I'm using seems thicker than the original wires I got from the eBay kit. They go into the block pretty easily though. The wires are only a few inches long, but could these wires be generating a lot of heat? Again, no smoking, but I got a burning electronics smell after a few seconds of the Azteeg being on. Could I have possibly burnt this out? Also, once I updated the wiring for the power switch, the 0/1 switch light is always on --even when in an OFF state. Is this to be expected?
Could it be my PSU settings? I've heard that some recommend running at 12V instead of 24V, but how do I know what my PSU's set to? I saw a switch for power, and it's set to 110W. Does the Azteeg's power settings need to be changed?
Here's what I did:
- I installed the heatsink on top of the board by pulling off the adhesive strip, and sticking it on top of the stepper drivers on the board. That's literally all I did. Is there any additional setup? Is there anything I should watch for there?
- I re-wired the power switch to the updated specs according to Wasabi's suggestion that's updated on the Instructable.
- I wired everything up to the new board. The stranded power wires for the heated bed were still a pain to get crammed into the wire blocks. I accomplished this by twisting the strands into a tip, and inserting the tips into their respective blocks. I switched to 14-gauge wires for the hot/ground wires between the PSU and Azteeg.
The strands in the 14-gauge wires I'm using seems thicker than the original wires I got from the eBay kit. They go into the block pretty easily though. The wires are only a few inches long, but could these wires be generating a lot of heat? Again, no smoking, but I got a burning electronics smell after a few seconds of the Azteeg being on. Could I have possibly burnt this out? Also, once I updated the wiring for the power switch, the 0/1 switch light is always on --even when in an OFF state. Is this to be expected?
Could it be my PSU settings? I've heard that some recommend running at 12V instead of 24V, but how do I know what my PSU's set to? I saw a switch for power, and it's set to 110W. Does the Azteeg's power settings need to be changed?