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Prusa i4 Cooling system modification
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After using Prusa i4 for a while now and following closely the small problems people face, I must say it is a well designed Printer – especially for beginners. However, Prusa i4 has one major issue. The control board heats up. Most of us add fans to cool the board.
I discovered 2 issues with the i4 design that are easy to solve.
1) The control board Heating up
2) Some challenges to maintain print quality especially if you are printing a temperature sensitive material such as ABS.
Fortunately, both issues are solved with one solution. If you check below the hotbed, the power supply unit is equipped with a cooling fan (its speed changes with the heat level). Above the power supply unit, there is the acrylic cover and the rest is covered by the hot bed! PROBLEM! This means the heat from the power supply unit can’t escape the base unit. All the heat from the power supply is actually distributed within the base affecting the control board!
The second effect of this design is that the
I discovered 2 issues with the i4 design that are easy to solve.
1) The control board Heating up
2) Some challenges to maintain print quality especially if you are printing a temperature sensitive material such as ABS.
Fortunately, both issues are solved with one solution. If you check below the hotbed, the power supply unit is equipped with a cooling fan (its speed changes with the heat level). Above the power supply unit, there is the acrylic cover and the rest is covered by the hot bed! PROBLEM! This means the heat from the power supply unit can’t escape the base unit. All the heat from the power supply is actually distributed within the base affecting the control board!
The second effect of this design is that the
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