Prusament PETG using enclosure for health reasons?  

RE: Prusament PETG using enclosure for health reasons?

I think there are numerous upsides to an enclosure.   The big filaments you need to worry about are ABS and ASA.   

Being in enclosure though can:

Reduce noise
Cut down on the dust that settles on your printer
Avoid environmental temperature fluctuations
Be hooked up to ventilation for filaments like ABS/ASA

I think at some point you might have to worry about too high a temp inside your enclosure damaging the electronics, but unless you print in a pretty hot area I think this is unlikely.   My printers are down in the basement where it never gets above 23C and in the winter the night time temps get down to 19 sometimes.  But I've been printing in enclosures on both my printers for quite sometime.  In my case it also keeps the cats from getting into things.

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@ssill2

Thank your very much for your answer. So PETG prints fine using an enclosure?

Before anyone asks I tested some Parts and had no issues until yet using an enclosure for PETG but maybe there are some additional informations that are not yet clear to me someone could share with me.

Thank you.

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@laforg3

totally.  ABS, TPU, PLA, PETG, all print fine in an enclosure for me.

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Schrodinger's printer, collapse those wave functions baby.

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@swiss_cheese

are the printers alive or dead 🙂

RE: Prusament PETG using enclosure for health reasons?

Like was said above, ASA and ABS release fumes and particles that may be harmful to you health.  It is somewhat theoretical.  The only filament that may be hindered form printing in an enclosure is PLA but ti would have to get pretty warm.  I have eight of 17 printers in enclosures.  I leave the door open if printing PLA, but that is possibly unnecessary.    PETG prints fine in my enclosure.

I struggle to reach 40C, but the enclosures do limit draft, dust, and odors.  

RE: Prusament PETG using enclosure for health reasons?

Posted by: @ssill2

@swiss_cheese

are the printers alive or dead 🙂

Yes.

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@swiss_cheese

That's the right answer!  I would have also accepted 42

RE: Prusament PETG using enclosure for health reasons?

however in this instance your MMU is both succeeding and failing simultaneously, until you observe it, by my calculations if you spray paint that box black and never look in it you could never have a failed MMU print again, or they could all fail 🤔  

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My favorite number

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@ssill2

42?  Naw - 7 - that that’s the ticket.  

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@swiss_cheese

well said!  for me the the MMU is the very embodiment of Schrodinger's cat experiment haha

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@Charles

7 may be lucky, but 42 is the answer to life the universe and everything, i think its got 7 beat.

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@swiss_cheese

Back to the question, is anyone tracking and documented research that indicated a health condition associated with printing PETG?  I just did a lot search.  There is not much.  

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https://www.3dupfitters.com/products/fan-and-charcoal-air-filter

I just bought one of these recently and there's a link on this page about studies.

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@ssill2

The issue with many of these studies is they highlight a “potential risk” and not a documented risk.  I have a HEPA and carbon fiber filter.  I did it for smell and reduce odors.  I am not sold on the risk yet.  

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@cwbullet

To  each their own of course.   Women also painted watch faces with radium before folks knew it was bad for them....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

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@Madame Marie Curie,

Thanks,

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@ssill2

Good points.  Before I spend $800 on a great filter system, I would like a little evidence that it is harmful.  Then again, I am not living in the room with the printers.  

PETG is not radium.