Help! Blown out Bed Connector / Meltdown
Hi to everyone. I am in the middle of a very long printing job, and my two Original Prusa have been printing different parts barely 24 hours a day for about 8 days now. Well, one has been, the other one died with a bed thermal runaway. When i checked if it was a simple connector disconnection, i found something a little bit more serius.
The connector had melted, and the soldering was burned. I have an spare connector somewhere, but i really don´t like using the words Melted / Burned when talking about my 3D printer. I really need to put the machine up and running again ASAP, but I wanted to know if there´s something I should check in the Rambo Board before reconnecting the bed using the new connector.
I was printing PLA so the heatbed wasn´t under huge stress: 55Cº.
I even have a hole bed assembly ( bed + wiring ) as a spare part, but i really want to check the Board First.
I have already sent contact form to prusa on Monday but i haven´t got any response yet and i really need this machine working.
Re: Help! Blown out Bed Connector / Meltdown
Crap that conector. Cut the cables and just solder them to the back of the pcb. Works for nearly a year now at my printer.
Re: Help! Blown out Bed Connector / Meltdown
Thanks, i will try, it definitely seems better idea than keeping the faulty connector
Re: Help! Blown out Bed Connector / Meltdown
When I soldered mine, I just added tails plus these connectors: https://www.banggood.com/Excellway-ET25-235-Pins-Spring-Terminal-Block-Electric-Cable-Wire-Connectors-5Pcs-p-1129219.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN just in case I needed to swap the wires over again or dismantle the printer.
Peter
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