Topic: Can someone help with changing out fan?
Hi guys, can someone help me with changing out the fan on the extruder gear?
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Hi guys, can someone help me with changing out the fan on the extruder gear?
Just did it recently. What's giving you trouble?
The fan is moving slowly and i think is dying. I bought another fan. Do I just need to sodder the red with red and black with black? If I add a heat shrink, it won't melt it later because the extruder heats up?
Also, later if I want to print with PLA i'll need another fan, where do I make the connection?
For the first fan. Black with black...Red with red. If there is a yellow, don't worry about it. Heat shrink should be fine. It's far enough away where it won't matter.
Yeah, solder it in line red to red black to black. My fan died like that too, slowing down and getting sticky.
For the second fan, there is a header on the board somewhere for a g-code controlled fan. There are also threads that give a complete tutorial on how to do that, I believe.
For the second fan, there is a header on the board somewhere for a g-code controlled fan. There are also threads that give a complete tutorial on how to do that, I believe.
Assuming a Printrboard (not Sanguinololu) -- either way, there should be plenty of information in other threads.
Should I go ahead and cut the yellow taping? To get more room for the wires, or just zip tie the excess wires?
I say leave it. I cut my wires off right before the old fan so I had enough to solder to and not have too much overhang. Just ziptie any extra.
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/4931/how … uder-gear/
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