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Topic: Lost bed heat during print

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I've been using this unit as a workhorse and it is great...BUT

Lately it started to just stop heating on the bed through a print.  I replaced the bed from another SD4 machine to see if the pad just stopped working.

The replacement unit heated, but then flaked out part way through print.

While in the print, I manually turned off the bead heat and turned back on after a few seconds...nothing

So I turned off bed heat for ~2 minutes....then it heated up.

Appears to hold heat, but WHAT THE HECK COULD THIS BE?

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Re: Lost bed heat during print

Could be a bad power supply or even a bad harness to the bed.

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3 Reply by Tin Falcon

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Re: Lost bed heat during print

Sounds like a soft break in the heater wire to me .

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Re: Lost bed heat during print

I don't like these answers....but what does that have do with anything.

Thanks.....I'll try to put a volt meter at the bed where the wires attach and watch

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Re: Lost bed heat during print

okay, so if I jiggle the wires from the bed......the damn thing heats again!!

Falcon and Carl -  I think you guys have solved the why...I'm going to work on the how to fix.  THANK YOU!!  BOTH

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6 Reply by Tin Falcon (edited by Tin Falcon 2018-03-24 20:20:34)

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Re: Lost bed heat during print

Should be a case of getting some better wire and hooking it up splicing it in.
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Re: Lost bed heat during print

or upgrade the heater...
These things are PHENOMINAL! Both of my SD4s are outfitted with one. LOVE them!
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