Problems with either extruder motor or circuit board
Hi, recently I tried to print out a piece in two different colored filaments. While the printer was still on I paused the print, raised the print head, then manually turned the circular extruder knob...
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Oh I forgot to mention, I also tried hitting the reset button on the circuit board to see if anything new would happen. But no luck from that...
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Generally, hot-plugging a motor (unplugging or plugging in the motor with power on) can destroy the motor driver, but will not damage the motor itself. It's likely that you damaged the motor driver....
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Most likely the motor driver chip (the black rectangle under the screw terminals for the E axis) would need to be replaced. As I said, this would be quite difficult unless you have experience doing...
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Just for the future experiments: DO NOT manually move any axes while the printer is on! It is best you do not manually move axes even with the printer off, but with motor wires still attached to the...
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3Dmaker4U has some good advice. Of course you are going to have to move axes manually sometimes, and you don't want to have to unplug the motors every time. However, do move them slowly, as the motors...
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Ok thanks for the info everyone, I'll see what I can do.
View ArticleProblems with either extruder motor or circuit board
Hi, recently I tried to print out a piece in two different colored filaments. While the printer was still on I paused the print, raised the print head, then manually turned the circular extruder knob...
View ArticleRe: Problems with either extruder motor or circuit board
Oh I forgot to mention, I also tried hitting the reset button on the circuit board to see if anything new would happen. But no luck from that...
View ArticleRe: Problems with either extruder motor or circuit board
Generally, hot-plugging a motor (unplugging or plugging in the motor with power on) can destroy the motor driver, but will not damage the motor itself. It's likely that you damaged the motor driver....
View ArticleRe: Problems with either extruder motor or circuit board
Most likely the motor driver chip (the black rectangle under the screw terminals for the E axis) would need to be replaced. As I said, this would be quite difficult unless you have experience doing...
View ArticleRe: Problems with either extruder motor or circuit board
Just for the future experiments: DO NOT manually move any axes while the printer is on! It is best you do not manually move axes even with the printer off, but with motor wires still attached to the...
View ArticleRe: Problems with either extruder motor or circuit board
3Dmaker4U has some good advice. Of course you are going to have to move axes manually sometimes, and you don't want to have to unplug the motors every time. However, do move them slowly, as the motors...
View ArticleRe: Problems with either extruder motor or circuit board
Ok thanks for the info everyone, I'll see what I can do.
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