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Post by rock75 on Dec 29, 2015 19:42:18 GMT
looks like the heat bed is working fine but when i try to turn on the hotend the x5 resets and i loose my connection. The hotend never turns on. I have taken it all apart and checked all connections but no luck. the thermistor is reading temp by the way.
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Post by 3DprintedLife on Dec 30, 2015 22:38:10 GMT
Sounds like you probably have a short in the heater core, make sure the wires going in are not touching each other anywhere and if that works I'd possibly contact e3d or wherever you got your hot end and see about a replacement. The Azteeg board is very durable and will reset to protect itself from shorting in most situations.
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Post by rock75 on Dec 31, 2015 0:35:04 GMT
Thanks Andrew. Unfortunately I think it is the board. I have taken everything back apart and checked my connections and all is good... I tried reversing the hotend and heat bed and that worked just fine to heat up the hotend but it was still resetting when I tried to turn on the heat bed, which was now connected to the hotend side of the board. So I know both heaters are working. Just not the output on the board side for the hot end. I have an email out to panacutt to try and get a replacement. Unfortunately they are out of stock now  so I may be out of luck for a while. |
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Post by all3dprinting on Dec 31, 2015 6:22:00 GMT
Thanks Andrew. Unfortunately I think it is the board. I have taken everything back apart and checked my connections and all is good... I tried reversing the hotend and heat bed and that worked just fine to heat up the hotend but it was still resetting when I tried to turn on the heat bed, which was now connected to the hotend side of the board. So I know both heaters are working. Just not the output on the board side for the hot end. I have an email out to panacutt to try and get a replacement. Unfortunately they are out of stock now so I may be out of luck for a while. set your bed temp to 25 degrees. then work your way up. one issue that can cause this is that the thermistor is not calibrated, so what you think is 60 degrees, could be 100 degrees based on the settings in the firmware and its overloading the board. I am running at 30-35 degrees (displayed temp) and I have zero issues with the edges of my print lifting. |
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Post by rock75 on Dec 31, 2015 19:08:08 GMT
Well I found out what the problem is there is a surface mount diode on the underside of the board directly under the hotend terminal that is cracked. It is so fine and barely noticeable that I almost missed it. It wasn't until I grabbed a magnifying glass to start inspecting the board that I found it. Unfortunately I still have no response from Panucatt. I sent them another email this morning to try again. If they do not respond I am thinking to swap the diode for the heatbed so I can at least start using my printer. I know once I do this though that would surely void any chance to get a replacement. Seems like the word around the inter web is that Panucatt has terrible customer service/support. I hope that's not true. |
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Post by 3DprintedLife on Dec 31, 2015 19:58:19 GMT
Well I found out what the problem is there is a surface mount diode on the underside of the board directly under the hotend terminal that is cracked. It is so fine and barely noticeable that I almost missed it. It wasn't until I grabbed a magnifying glass to start inspecting the board that I found it. Unfortunately I still have no response from Panucatt. I sent them another email this morning to try again. If they do not respond I am thinking to swap the diode for the heatbed so I can at least start using my printer. I know once I do this though that would surely void any chance to get a replacement. Seems like the word around the inter web is that Panucatt has terrible customer service/support. I hope that's not true. Well at least you found the problem. I've found Panucatt to have great customer service but I don't have too much to go on. Hopefully you get things worked out! |
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Post by rock75 on Jan 2, 2016 1:26:37 GMT
Great news! So with the help of the Smothieboard irc guys I discovered that the part that was bad was not really needed at all. removed it from the board and the hotend heats right up. It looks as though the diode was mistakenly installed backwards and it must have popped as soon as the power was applied. I finally just got a response from Roy at Panucatt and he did offer for me to return the board if I was unable to get it going. I probably won't bother now, but its good to know Panucatt will stand behind their product (albeit a little slow to respond) ehh... scratch that last slow to respond comment, it is a holiday week after all.  |
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so I may be out of luck for a while.
