Enclosure heating - What do you use?
Dear all,
I have my MK3S+ in a IKEA lack enclosure in the basement and now, as winter is coming, the temperature drops below 10°C. Currently I carefully use a heat gun to avoid the minitemp error.
I am now searching for a good way to add a heating to the enclosure. So I would like to ask you about the solutions which works good for you.
Greetings
Oliver
XMAS String of C9 Incandescent Bulbs RE: Enclosure heating - What do you use?
Wanted something easy, available and relatively safe... went with string of approx. 20 incandescent outdoor C9 Xmas lights. We have a large enclosed area (4 x 3 x 3 feet) and each string deployed in the enclosure raises the enclosed air temp by 4-5C even with a small exhaust fan running. Heat is disbursed, little if any draft. You can spread the lights around &/or leave them in the plastic cradle that they usually arrive in from the OEM. Bottom line is that if ambient temp is 5C, we have an enclosure temp of 10+C with one string and 15+C if also lightning the second string. Printing with an XL in the enclosure adds about another 5C. We have a round thermometer on a side wall of the enclosure and monitor it and the printer with a security cam. Not very sophisticated but it works.
RE: Enclosure heating - What do you use?
How about the heat bed. That's what I've always used. Just turn it on prior to the print until the enclosure has reached your desired temperature.
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Get a smart power socket controllable over the WiFi and add a hair dryer inside 🙂
Hair dryers have a limited heat output to avoid burning hair, yet they have enough flow to heat up the chamber pretty quick.
With additional temperature sensor you can trigger heating and keep the temperature on desired level automatically.
See my GitHub and printables.com for some 3d stuff that you may like.
RE: Enclosure heating - What do you use?
Just the heat from the printer.
I did add a thermally-controlled (somewhat) fan to the enclosure, but I've found that it makes zero difference in print quality as long as the temperature inside the box is steady and draft-free.