1 Topic by Isabella.K991 (edited by Isabella.K991 2021-08-22 05:27:44)

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Topic: Enclosure temperature control

Hay guys, Having "fixed" my enclosure for my printer, I'm looking at setting up a basic heater and fan rig in my enclosure to keep it warm. I've got a usb mains adaptor, that has 2 usb ports, as well as a mains AC line. So I'm thinking of setting it up with one of my arduino's I've got about (probably the nano, but maybe the micro) Download ringtones

I'm a pretty dab hand at electronics (despite what my experiences so far with the 3d printer would show) but I've never built anything with heating elements ect, so I'm not quite sure where to start. Fans easy, heating elements not so much.

Google isnt showing up much, so I was wondering if anyone had done something similar before, and could give me some tips on where to start?

Big thing I need to know, What would the recomended heating element be? and how am I best to control it? (I presume wire it to the mains, and use a transistor and PWM to control it?) Sonneries Gratuites

Thanks

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2 Reply by AZERATE

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Re: Enclosure temperature control

We need a little more to go off of.
What printer do you have?
What board do you have?
What is the size of your printer and what material are you using for an an enclosure?
More important, why do you need chamber heat? What material are you printing that would require this?

Chamber heaters are more geared toward larger printers for specific materials or printing large solid objects . Smaller printers or making smaller parts with more conventional materials like ABS will only have problems masked if using chamber heaters.

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3 Reply by carl_m1968

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Re: Enclosure temperature control

As long as you have a heated bed and a closed chamber you should not need a heater unless you have a printer that is just really large. You could just drop a 100 watt bulb inside and raise the temp a lot.

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