<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — how to add a extra stand alone power supply for the heated bed?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/15816/how-to-add-a-extra-stand-alone-power-supply-for-the-heated-bed/ Sat, 18 Mar 2017 01:30:20 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: how to add a extra stand alone power supply for the heated bed?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/133831/#p133831 You could also use a solid state relay as well. Not sure how your soldering skills are but a MOSFET would require soldering while a solid state relay would not.

]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2017 01:30:20 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/133831/#p133831 <![CDATA[Re: how to add a extra stand alone power supply for the heated bed?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/133830/#p133830 You can add a mofset if you like with a second power supply on it. Let me know if you need a diagram for it.

]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2017 01:26:11 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/133830/#p133830 <![CDATA[Re: how to add a extra stand alone power supply for the heated bed?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/128837/#p128837 hansen644 wrote:

Well my cheap china bed has been working fine for years. I had to upgrade to lead screws and then upload new firmware and now the bed taking 20mins to heat up to 60c

If you updated the firmware, did your run the PID or where the changes just made in regards to the lead screw?
You might want to rerun the PID for the bed.

]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:04:04 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/128837/#p128837 <![CDATA[Re: how to add a extra stand alone power supply for the heated bed?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/128836/#p128836 Well my cheap china bed has been working fine for years. I had to upgrade to lead screws and then upload new firmware and now the bed taking 20mins to heat up to 60c

]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2016 21:44:58 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/128836/#p128836 <![CDATA[Re: how to add a extra stand alone power supply for the heated bed?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/128834/#p128834 Sounds like you could benefit from a better PSU like a Supernight https://www.printitindustries.com/colle … wer-supply

Alternatively, we also have a well respected heatbed called the Hale that can heat to 100c in as little as 3min when used with a good PSU like the Supernight
https://www.printitindustries.com/colle … -8-heatbed

]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2016 21:13:52 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/128834/#p128834 <![CDATA[how to add a extra stand alone power supply for the heated bed?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/128833/#p128833 how to add a extra stand alone power supply for the heated bed?

For some reason my bed now takes forever to heat up.
will adding a sperate power supply help?
If so how?  thanks

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