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Re: ESD shutting down printer

How about grounding the printer. It sounds like you have a floating ground.

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tmorris9 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How about grounding the printer. It sounds like > you have a floating ground. I guess that's what I mean by a ground...

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Yes, I mean hook the frame to "earth ground" not just negative side of the power supply. Is your power supply properly grounded?

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tmorris9 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, I mean hook the frame to "earth ground" not > just negative side of the power supply. > > Is your power...

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I havnt had mine freeze but I scramble my lcd on a regular basis just by touching my machine

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What seems to have worked for me on my MendelMax is to connect all the extrusions together with wire and then ground the frame to the power supply ground. I've also made a connection between the power...

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I've had my mendel stop mid print most recently the other day but what I touched was the usb cable to the melzi electronics. Ben

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Plastic in the event of friction is a big cause of static electricity. That is why dust collectors need to be grounded if they use plastic lines. Try using a piece of brass as a wiper and connecting...

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I have seen this occasionally too (printer freezes mid print). I run the printer using a laptop which has a brick supply that is not earthed (the supply has a power connector with only 2 prongs). The...

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Well, I sure am glad to hear that it is not just my machine. I know that plastic will conduct if the voltage is high enough, and turning on a spool can generate that. My spool is suspended from the...

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I have never seen anything like that on my printer, but assuming you use a resistor heater.. What if some of the resistor windings have shorted with the hotend, that could send noise up to the...

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Ralf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have never seen anything like that on my > printer, but assuming you use a resistor heater.. > What if some of the...

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In the winter I wear an ESD foot strap in one slipper otherwise I get a big spark when I walk up to a machine and touch it. Whether you generate ESD depends mainly on how dry the air is, what the...

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nophead Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the winter I wear an ESD foot strap in one > slipper otherwise I get a big spark when I walk up > to a machine and...

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Re: ESD shutting down printer

Hey Tek, did you work for Kodak (or maybe Xerox?)

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waitaki Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hey Tek, did you work for Kodak (or maybe Xerox?) I've been trained on both, along with several others....

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