1 Topic by Kerry (edited by Kerry 2013-08-09 16:01:50)

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Topic: SD3 Bed heater failure

Hi All,
My new SD3 bed heater stopped working and I was looking for some help.
I have never had the temperature of the bed set over 85c and have gone through
approx. 1/4th of a 2lb spool of ABS.
After a quick look, the bed resistor is at 53.2kohms and I do get 12vdc (unloaded) out of the
controller. my guess is the resistor or heater is bad and would only produce 2.71mwatts of power at 12vdc.
Thanks in advance for any help.

2 Reply by 2n2r5

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Re: SD3 Bed heater failure

Send a email message to support. Sounds like your bed is blown.

SD3 w/ mods:
Glass bed with QU-BD heat pad upgrade, threadless ballscrew w/ 8mm smooth rod, spectra line belt replacement, lawsy MK5 extruder, Lawsy replacement carriage, E3D hotend, Ramps 1.4 w/ reprap discount controller, DRV8825 drivers, 12v 30A PS, Acrylic case, Overkill Y-idlers, Filament alarm, Extruder fan + more.

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3 Reply by Kerry

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Re: SD3 Bed heater failure

Thanks,
I have sent 4 messages over 9 days to [email protected] without response.
let me know if I have the wrong address.

4 Reply by Sparverius

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Re: SD3 Bed heater failure

I don't know what was wrong, but I just had my bed temp drop out as well.  I usually run the bed temp at 98... it was down to 38.  I've been printing pretty steady since the beginning of July with 0 problems.  I was just looking at the back of  machine, I blew on it, and the bed started to heat up again.  Should I put a fan on the back?

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Re: SD3 Bed heater failure

I'm up to support request email number 6 without response from Solidoodle.
If anyone at the company is looking at this would you check the [email protected] mail account.

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Re: SD3 Bed heater failure

Kerry wrote:

I'm up to support request email number 6 without response from Solidoodle.
If anyone at the company is looking at this would you check the [email protected] mail account.

We don't have any e-mails from you as of now. We're having a CSR e-mail you from the e-mail address listed on your order.

Former Solidoodle employee, no longer associated with the company.

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Re: SD3 Bed heater failure

Thanks, I thought it might be an email error of some kind.