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Cold End Fan Controller Upgrade

AETEKAETEK Posts: 106🌟 Super Member 🌟
edited June 2018 in Modifications & Upgrades
Hello,
a few days ago I got my A5. The Z-axis couplers were bent and the plug of the filament-out sensor had no contact, although correctly plugged and glued. Thanks to this forum, I had ordered a replacement coupler early on and was able to put the printer into operation.
It's a nice printer that I wanted to put in the living room. The printer is too loud. The disturbing noises come from the fans and the stepper motor drivers. I already ordered TMC2208 drivers. These will hopefully solve the noise problem of the X & Y axis. To cool the motherboard, I installed a 24 Volt 80x80mm Sunon fan with Vapo bearings. At 24 volts, the fan was still too loud for me. I experimented with different zener diodes to reduce the voltage on the mainboard fan. Now the fan is only audible when you go with the ear very close to the fan.
The cold end fan is a real annoyance. It always runs as soon as the printer is turned on. No matter if it is needed or not. I had to do something. As I said, I would like to maintain the given design so a mechanical adjustment was out of the question. The Cold End fan always runs unregulated because this is the cheapest solution. From the perspective of JGAURORA that is understandable. From the user's point of view less.

An automatic electronic fan control with speed controller seemed to me the right solution.
The circuit has the following properties:
1. Activate the Cold End Fan only when needed
2. Delayed Cold End Fan shutdown (about 5 minutes) after the last hot end activity.
3. Stepless adjustment of speed and noise.
4. Use of alternative fans from 5 to 24 volts.

How it works:
After switching on the printer, the Coldend fan runs at a reduced speed for approx. 5 minutes (if the hotend is still hot) and then switches off. Enjoy the silence. As soon as the Hotend is activated by the mainboard, the Coldend fan switches on as long as the hotend is active. After about 5 minutes no activity has taken place, the Coldend fan turns off. For me the Hotend had a temperature of 73 ° C when the fan was switched off.
This value depends on the set fan speed and the lag time.

Installation:
The coldend fan is supplied from the factory via a two-pin white plug with 24 volts.
I pulled this plug out of the mainboard and installed my circuit in between. In addition, a connection must still be established to determine the Hotend activity (brown wire).

Note:
As soon as the green LED lights, the fan should turn. If not, then the minimum speed must be increased.

Overview:


Control Circuit   (Note: On the photos the 1k resistor is not visible)





Coldend Power Fan Connector (pull out to place control citrcuit in between)


New Coldend Fan Output:


Connections:

Hotend Activity Sense Connection:




Schematics:



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Comments

  • Samuel PinchesSamuel Pinches Posts: 2,997Administrator
    edited June 2018
    Nice work :smile:! Great use of the classic 555 ic, and tidy work too!
    Thanked by 1Marius Petcu
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  • jpasquajpasqua Posts: 9Member
    Creative and nicely done. Thanks for sharing it.
  • netzmarknetzmark Posts: 107🌟 Super Member 🌟
    Great, this fan brings me to crazy :-)
  • Valéry LopezValéry Lopez Posts: 14Member
    Excellent! Serait-ce possible de diffuser le 3D de la platine? ou de donner les dimensions? je souhaite faire la même chose mais j'ai un peu la flemme de démonter le boitier, prendre les mesures, remonter le boitier et enfin imprimer)

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