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Re: Heating Printbed Causes Flashing/Power Issues

null@example.com (crittermazes) — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:56:22 +0000

I have a similar issue, I printed last night.. and print went well enough.. when I power on extruder.. it heats up.. when I then add the printbed... the machine shuts down in 2 cycles.. first, Low power. second.. off and auto restart...

any ideas?

Re: Heating Printbed Causes Flashing/Power Issues

null@example.com (andy_lee08) — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 02:40:13 +0000

It's not even a little warm. The initial issues happened last night and everything I have done in terms of fixing it happened today. =/

Re: Heating Printbed Causes Flashing/Power Issues

null@example.com (2n2r5) — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 02:21:05 +0000

I would check to see if your power supply feels like it is on fire.. I bet it is running a bit hot... Might want to let it cool down for a bit. When you do turn it back on, you will want to monitor the temps of everything carefully. It might be best to unplug it until it has cooled.

Heating Printbed Causes Flashing/Power Issues

null@example.com (andy_lee08) — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 02:17:09 +0000

My Solidoodle 3 had been sitting for a couple of months and I started it up to do a print last night. A couple of hours in I came into the room to find plastic leaking from the side of the extruder and the machine flashing off and on over and over. I shut everything down and after reading around was able to remove the clog and tighten the extruder screw in and everything seems to be working fine there.

However, I went to heat the print bed up for a test print to make sure everything was working and as soon as I clicked "Heat Printbed" the flashing immediately came back leading me to believe there is something wrong in the wiring of the printbed heater, but being a total novice when it comes to hardware I was hoping someone might have an idea of where I can start looking for a solution.