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Topic: Fan Doesn't turn on?

While my solidoodle is on, the fan on my solidoodle doesn't turn on.

Is it supposed to? Or only in special circumstances?

If it is, I have checked all the connections to the board on the back and they are all snug, what should I do?

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2 Reply by zimmer62

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Re: Fan Doesn't turn on?

Mine is always on.  I bet they have the cable for the fan on backwards.

My LED cable was on backwards.  Find that cable on the board an try it the other way..

it's the one between the X and Y.

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Re: Fan Doesn't turn on?

Tried reversing the polarity on that wire, nothing changed. It is marked with a F on it so that must mean fan?

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4 Reply by ErroneousBosch

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Re: Fan Doesn't turn on?

Have you tested the fan with a battery or on a different connector to see if it might be bad?

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Re: Fan Doesn't turn on?

Brad wrote:

Tried reversing the polarity on that wire, nothing changed. It is marked with a F on it so that must mean fan?

Any luck?

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Re: Fan Doesn't turn on?

I just fixed mine tonight, mine had a red and black wire out of the fan that was spliced into the black and black wires on the connector.  When I pulled back the braided wire keepers coming off the extruder I found where they were spliced jiggled the wires, I got a sporadic connection.  Whoever soldered them together did a really poor job.  I just resoldered them and works great now.