Additional Cooling

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dcfc_sandy
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Additional Cooling

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Hello all,

The current venture is into better cooling. My steppers especially the extruder as getting warm so I'm going to add some heat sinks and fans as well as some 80mm fans on the bottom panels.

More as an excuse to learn more than anything else, I'd like not to just run these in parallel with the peek fans and have them independently hooked up to the Rambo...

My issue is I'm not to up to date on boards and pins etc. I've got a schematic for the Rambo but it may as well be in mandarin. Hopeing someone could point me in the right direction :D
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Re: Additional Cooling

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Have you tried reducing your motor current first? Much less work than adding fans...
dcfc_sandy
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Re: Additional Cooling

Post by dcfc_sandy »

I have and it certainly did help. I think if I lowered further it would be better. But at the same time much to do with this kit has been a learning experience and I enjoy the work as well, haven't fiddled much with the board yet so thought it a fine excuse :D
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