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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Monoprice Maker Ultimate - bed heater current]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The connector is the kind used on ATX motherboards,&nbsp; cut to 8 pins.&nbsp; Because I had them available now, and they fit, and would easily handle the current.&nbsp; It&#039;s not good to be using parts right at their absolute maximum ratings.&nbsp; I found the bad connector while doing my first build plate upgrade -</p><p>New FLAT build plate.&nbsp; This worked better than I even expected!&nbsp; I ran a test print of small parts, located in each corner and the center - they all came off with similar effort /ease, and the squish of the first layer looks closer than I have ever seen, if not identical,</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Dave455]]></name>
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			<updated>2019-06-22T03:50:45Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Monoprice Maker Ultimate - bed heater current]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Going by Ohm&#039;s law, the heater is 2.1 ohm, so at 24V it is going to draw 11.42 Amps.</p><p>The connector I decided to use&nbsp; has pins rated for 6 amps, and I paralleled 4 for each side of the heater.&nbsp; &nbsp; I can post pictures later.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Dave455]]></name>
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			<updated>2019-06-21T19:05:36Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Monoprice Maker Ultimate - bed heater current]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Carl not a problem to second guess. safety is what is important here. <br />As far as tech manuals I am not aware of any monoprice and wanhoa both have good User manuals available on line. </p><p>the only data I see is a power consumption rating of 200 -220 wats so base your amps on that and you should be safe.</p><p>say 12&nbsp; ams to be safe</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Tin Falcon]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/6775/</uri>
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			<updated>2019-06-21T10:32:56Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Monoprice Maker Ultimate - bed heater current]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>Dave455 wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I&#039;ll have to wait for the long print to end before I can mess with the one running.&nbsp; The printer I&#039;m working on, the connection is bad enough, I wouldn&#039;t trust it to give me an accurate reading.&nbsp; &nbsp;Was just hoping someone knew.&nbsp; Are there any schematics or service manuals available for these printers?</p></blockquote></div><p>All you need is to know two values then applied ohms law. You need the system voltage and the resistance of the bed. Measure the resistance with a DMM directly at the bed terminals while power is off and disconnected from controller. Once you have those values you simply divide the voltage by resistance and gives you the current.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[carl_m1968]]></name>
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			<updated>2019-06-21T10:23:54Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Monoprice Maker Ultimate - bed heater current]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;ll have to wait for the long print to end before I can mess with the one running.&nbsp; The printer I&#039;m working on, the connection is bad enough, I wouldn&#039;t trust it to give me an accurate reading.&nbsp; &nbsp;Was just hoping someone knew.&nbsp; Are there any schematics or service manuals available for these printers?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Dave455]]></name>
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			<updated>2019-06-21T02:36:20Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Monoprice Maker Ultimate - bed heater current]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>Tin Falcon wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>You should be able to put a mete on it then use ohm law </p><br /><p>10 ohms would give you&nbsp; 2.4 amps or just under 60 watts. </p><p>THIS is just a ballpark GUESS</p></blockquote></div><p>Tim I am not trying second guess you but from my experience most bed heaters are very low resistance like in the neighborhood of 2 to 4 ohms. They are usually the highest consumer of current in a printer and usually pull 7 or more amps at initial heating and will drop off a bit once up to temp and bang bang kicks in.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[carl_m1968]]></name>
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			<updated>2019-06-21T01:19:21Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Monoprice Maker Ultimate - bed heater current]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>You should be able to put a mete on it then use ohm law </p><br /><p>10 ohms would give you&nbsp; 2.4 amps or just under 60 watts. </p><p>THIS is just a ballpark GUESS</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Tin Falcon]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/6775/</uri>
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			<updated>2019-06-20T22:50:30Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Monoprice Maker Ultimate - bed heater current]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Does anyone know how many amps it draws?<br />The connector is failing, I need to replace it.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Dave455]]></name>
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			<updated>2019-06-20T19:59:07Z</updated>
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