<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Hooking up the 12v cooling fan on an e3d hotend upgrade solidoodle 2]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/8317/hooking-up-the-12v-cooling-fan-on-an-e3d-hotend-upgrade-solidoodle-2/ Mon, 17 Nov 2014 05:43:06 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Hooking up the 12v cooling fan on an e3d hotend upgrade solidoodle 2]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/72044/#p72044 I just tapped into the existing fan on the extruder carriage and powered the fan from there. Worked like a charm.

]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 05:43:06 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/72044/#p72044 <![CDATA[Re: Hooking up the 12v cooling fan on an e3d hotend upgrade solidoodle 2]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/71786/#p71786 I used the aux fan out on the board & hooked up a 12v 41mm fan. it was very straight forward just two pins to solder. I added a header just in case the fan dies, i can replace it easily. I enabled RH & Slic3r for fan support, finally I created my own fan mount and bolted it to the side where the extra extruder fan mounted I used those pins to drive the E3D. I get terrific prints!

]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:33:53 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/71786/#p71786 <![CDATA[Re: Hooking up the 12v cooling fan on an e3d hotend upgrade solidoodle 2]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/71727/#p71727 I would trace back the wires from the fan to the board and check connections. If everything looks good i'd say its a bad fan. Try and hook up an extra fan or use a multimeter on the connections to check for power. That is the easiest way to tell if its the fan or connections.

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]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:36:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/71727/#p71727 <![CDATA[Re: Hooking up the 12v cooling fan on an e3d hotend upgrade solidoodle 2]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/71713/#p71713 i linked it in with the led lights and that worked.  still not getting the extruder motor fan to come on though

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:47:14 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/71713/#p71713 <![CDATA[Re: Hooking up the 12v cooling fan on an e3d hotend upgrade solidoodle 2]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/71707/#p71707 Well, that'd be something to take up with Solidoodle. Its important.

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:45:50 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/71707/#p71707 <![CDATA[Re: Hooking up the 12v cooling fan on an e3d hotend upgrade solidoodle 2]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/71706/#p71706 oddly, that fan doesn't come on either.

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:35:58 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/71706/#p71706 <![CDATA[Re: Hooking up the 12v cooling fan on an e3d hotend upgrade solidoodle 2]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/71705/#p71705 You can connect it to the same power source for the fan on the back of the extruder stepper motor, just splice the wires together.

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:33:32 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/71705/#p71705 <![CDATA[Hooking up the 12v cooling fan on an e3d hotend upgrade solidoodle 2]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/71704/#p71704 Every tutorial I've looked at for upgrading the hotend glosses over this part entirely, how\where do I hook the cooling fan up to power?  It's probably a blantant newbie question, but that's pretty much what I am.  I used a battery for a day or so but it ran that dry really quickly so I'm looking for a permanent solution.  Thanks in advance.

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