Nobody can seem to figure out my problem over 3d printer land so im turning to you guys since this is an electrical problem
Printer: Highly modified Tevo Tarantula
Board: MKS Base 1.4 http://reprap.org/wiki/MKS_BASE_1.0
PSU: Stock Tarantula PSU @12v 30a max Suspect Voltage regulator: DC-DC 3A power Step-Down Adjustable Module Buck Converter 24V To 12v 9V 5V 3V (was enclosed in case at time) Stock wire gauge to
I had a wire catch on fire going to the BLtouch(a touch probe for 3d printer). This happened after a cold boot during the bed heating up. Im gonna say 15 amps but could be wrong. Its probably The irony is i was JUST about to change all thisThe weird thing... it wasnt a short and didnt melt the connector. It was the ground wire going splitting off of the main power cable. There were no arcs or shorts that started this. I checked the connector housing and wires or one hell of a magic trick happened that i can't find. SO, lol, I got a good question/problem for you guys to scratch your head at.
I took a youtube video but the audio is bad. People are wiring their 12v fans to the main input all the time without problems. So why would adding a touch probe behind a regulator be a problem Everyone is scratching their head at this. I need a expert.
Diagram of wiring. Where it burned i marked it with 'burn' in small letters using epic MS paint skills(lol).
Video: (audio isnt so great) Audio kind of sucks, skip half way through as it shows the most i think.
Buck convertor: (maybe I feed it too many amps?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014Y3OT6Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Printer: Highly modified Tevo Tarantula
Board: MKS Base 1.4 http://reprap.org/wiki/MKS_BASE_1.0
PSU: Stock Tarantula PSU @12v 30a max Suspect Voltage regulator: DC-DC 3A power Step-Down Adjustable Module Buck Converter 24V To 12v 9V 5V 3V (was enclosed in case at time) Stock wire gauge to
I had a wire catch on fire going to the BLtouch(a touch probe for 3d printer). This happened after a cold boot during the bed heating up. Im gonna say 15 amps but could be wrong. Its probably The irony is i was JUST about to change all thisThe weird thing... it wasnt a short and didnt melt the connector. It was the ground wire going splitting off of the main power cable. There were no arcs or shorts that started this. I checked the connector housing and wires or one hell of a magic trick happened that i can't find. SO, lol, I got a good question/problem for you guys to scratch your head at.
I took a youtube video but the audio is bad. People are wiring their 12v fans to the main input all the time without problems. So why would adding a touch probe behind a regulator be a problem Everyone is scratching their head at this. I need a expert.
Diagram of wiring. Where it burned i marked it with 'burn' in small letters using epic MS paint skills(lol).
Video: (audio isnt so great) Audio kind of sucks, skip half way through as it shows the most i think.
Buck convertor: (maybe I feed it too many amps?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014Y3OT6Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
