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    • 1d1undefined
      1d1
      last edited by 1d1

      40w hot end (new Maxiwatt 24v) and not sure on bed. However, this is a combo I've been using for a long time and the Meanwell 600 is overkill generally. I'll try to get the bed info.
      Yes, I get a fault message about the 15 degree disparity when the bed stops heating and cools below target temp.
      Bed = 250w

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      • Phaedruxundefined
        Phaedrux Moderator
        last edited by Phaedrux

        For the sake of completeness can you post your config.g and the results of M122 and M98 P"config.g"?

        Have you PID tuned the bed?

        Does the PSU output voltage drop at all under load?

        Are the bed heater screw terminals tight?

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        • 1d1undefined
          1d1
          last edited by Phaedrux

          @Phaedrux said in Blinking bed heater LED, no heat:

          M98 P"config.g"

          M98 P"config.g"
          HTTP is enabled on port 80
          FTP is disabled
          TELNET is disabled
          Warning: Heater 0 appears to be over-powered. If left on at full power, its temperature is predicted to reach 365C
          Warning: Heater 1 appears to be over-powered. If left on at full power, its temperature is predicted to reach 852C
          
          	M122
          === Diagnostics ===
          RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet version 3.1.1 running on Duet WiFi 1.02 or later
          Board ID: 08DGM-9T6BU-FG3SJ-6J1FA-3S46Q-1VWHD
          Used output buffers: 3 of 24 (21 max)
          === RTOS ===
          Static ram: 27980
          Dynamic ram: 93904 of which 100 recycled
          Exception stack ram used: 264
          Never used ram: 8824
          Tasks: NETWORK(ready,368) HEAT(blocked,1224) MAIN(running,1824) IDLE(ready,80)
          Owned mutexes: WiFi(NETWORK)
          === Platform ===
          Last reset 00:02:13 ago, cause: power up
          Last software reset at 2020-10-26 17:37, reason: User, spinning module GCodes, available RAM 8692 bytes (slot 0)
          Software reset code 0x0003 HFSR 0x00000000 CFSR 0x00000000 ICSR 0x0441f000 BFAR 0xe000ed38 SP 0xffffffff Task MAIN
          Error status: 0
          MCU temperature: min 15.4, current 21.2, max 21.3
          Supply voltage: min 23.9, current 24.1, max 24.4, under voltage events: 0, over voltage events: 0, power good: yes
          Driver 0: standstill, SG min/max not available
          Driver 1: standstill, SG min/max not available
          Driver 2: standstill, SG min/max not available
          Driver 3: standstill, SG min/max not available
          Driver 4: standstill, SG min/max not available
          Date/time: 2020-10-30 15:28:43
          Cache data hit count 231726101
          Slowest loop: 28.97ms; fastest: 0.12ms
          I2C nak errors 0, send timeouts 0, receive timeouts 0, finishTimeouts 0, resets 0
          === Storage ===
          Free file entries: 10
          SD card 0 detected, interface speed: 20.0MBytes/sec
          SD card longest read time 3.7ms, write time 21.3ms, max retries 0
          === Move ===
          Hiccups: 0(0), FreeDm: 169, MinFreeDm: 169, MaxWait: 0ms
          Bed compensation in use: none, comp offset 0.000
          === MainDDARing ===
          Scheduled moves: 0, completed moves: 0, StepErrors: 0, LaErrors: 0, Underruns: 0, 0  CDDA state: -1
          === AuxDDARing ===
          Scheduled moves: 0, completed moves: 0, StepErrors: 0, LaErrors: 0, Underruns: 0, 0  CDDA state: -1
          === Heat ===
          Bed heaters = 0 -1 -1 -1, chamberHeaters = -1 -1 -1 -1
          Heater 1 is on, I-accum = 0.0
          === GCodes ===
          Segments left: 0
          Movement lock held by null
          HTTP is idle in state(s) 0
          Telnet is idle in state(s) 0
          File is idle in state(s) 0
          USB is idle in state(s) 0
          Aux is idle in state(s) 0
          Trigger is idle in state(s) 0
          Queue is idle in state(s) 0
          Daemon is idle in state(s) 0
          Autopause is idle in state(s) 0
          Code queue is empty.
          === Network ===
          Slowest loop: 32.39ms; fastest: 0.00ms
          Responder states: HTTP(2) HTTP(0) HTTP(0) HTTP(0) FTP(0) Telnet(0), 0 sessions
          HTTP sessions: 1 of 8
          - WiFi -
          Network state is active
          WiFi module is connected to access point 
          Failed messages: pending 0, notready 0, noresp 0
          WiFi firmware version 1.23
          WiFi MAC address ec:fa:bc:25:34:b1
          WiFi Vcc 3.38, reset reason Unknown
          WiFi flash size 4194304, free heap 21456
          WiFi IP address 192.168.1.194
          WiFi signal strength -54dBm, reconnections 0, sleep mode modem
          Socket states: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
          
          0:/sys/config.g
          ; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 3)
          ; executed by the firmware on start-up
          ;
          ; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.1.4 on Mon Oct 26 2020 14:50:36 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
          
          ; General preferences
          G90                                                ; send absolute coordinates...
          M83                                                ; ...but relative extruder moves
          M550 P"BW Newest"                                  ; set printer name
          
          ; Network
          M552 S1                                            ; enable network
          M586 P0 S1                                         ; enable HTTP
          M586 P1 S0                                         ; disable FTP
          M586 P2 S0                                         ; disable Telnet
          
          ; Drives
          M569 P0 S1                                         ; physical drive 0 goes forwards
          M569 P1 S1                                         ; physical drive 1 goes forwards
          M569 P2 S1                                         ; physical drive 2 goes forwards
          M569 P3 S1                                         ; physical drive 3 goes forwards
          M584 X0 Y1 Z2 E4                                   ; set drive mapping
          M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1                            ; configure microstepping with interpolation
          M92 X80.00 Y80.00 Z400.00 E1675.00                 ; set steps per mm
          M566 X900.00 Y900.00 Z60.00 E1800.00               ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
          M203 X720000.00 Y720000.00 Z600.00 E3600.00        ; set maximum speeds (mm/min)
          M201 X1000.00 Y1000.00 Z1000.00 E2000.00           ; set accelerations (mm/s^2)
          M906 X800 Y800 Z800 E400 I30                       ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
          M84 S30                                            ; Set idle timeout
          
          ; Axis Limits
          M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1                                   ; set axis minima
          M208 X320 Y205 Z310 S0                             ; set axis maxima
          
          ; Endstops
          M574 X1 S1 P"xstop"                                ; configure active-high endstop for low end on X via pin xstop
          M574 Y1 S1 P"ystop"                                ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Y via pin ystop
          M574 Z1 S1 P"zstop"                                ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Z via pin zstop
          
          ; Z-Probe
          M558 P0 H5 F120 T6000                              ; disable Z probe but set dive height, probe speed and travel speed
          M557 X15:215 Y15:195 S20                           ; define mesh grid
          
          ; Heaters
          M308 S0 P"bedtemp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4036     ; configure sensor 0 as thermistor on pin bedtemp
          M950 H0 C"bedheat" T0                              ; create bed heater output on bedheat and map it to sensor 0
          M307 H0 B0 S1.00                                   ; disable bang-bang mode for the bed heater and set PWM limit
          M140 H0                                            ; map heated bed to heater 0
          M143 H0 S120                                       ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 120C
          M308 S1 P"e0temp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4036      ; configure sensor 1 as thermistor on pin e0temp
          M950 H1 C"e0heat" T1                               ; create nozzle heater output on e0heat and map it to sensor 1
          M307 H1 B0 S1.00                                   ; disable bang-bang mode for heater  and set PWM limit
          
          ; Fans
          M950 F0 C"fan0" Q500                               ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency
          M106 P0 S0 H-1                                     ; set fan 0 value. Thermostatic control is turned off
          M950 F1 C"fan1" Q500                               ; create fan 1 on pin fan1 and set its frequency
          M106 P1 S1 H1 T45                                  ; set fan 1 value. Thermostatic control is turned on
          
          ; Tools
          M563 P0 S"Extruder" D0 H1 F0                       ; define tool 0
          G10 P0 X0 Y0 Z0                                    ; set tool 0 axis offsets
          G10 P0 R0 S0                                       ; set initial tool 0 active and standby temperatures to 0C
          
          ; Custom settings are not defined
          
          ; Miscellaneous
          M501                                               ; load saved parameters from non-volatile memory
          M911 S10 R11 P"M913 X0 Y0 G91 M83 G1 Z3 E-5 F1000" ; set voltage thresholds and actions to run on power loss
          T0                                                 ; select first tool
          

          I have not PID tuned the bed since replacing it. The PSU terminals are all tight. The bed connector is factory new (except where I changed terminals for the thermistor). In this moment of checking everything again, it is all working properly. The lowest voltage drop when all things are on simultaneously is 23.6 but it is a momentary drop and usually varies between 23.7 and 24.1
          That's a lot of information! Thanks for your efforts! Dean

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          • Phaedruxundefined
            Phaedrux Moderator
            last edited by

            Thanks. Everything looks in order.

            I would suggest PID tuning the bed again starting at room temp and saving the results with M500.

            Hopefully it's just a fluke.

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            • 1d1undefined
              1d1
              last edited by

              While writing the above, the heater faulted again:

              rror: Heater 0 fault: temperature excursion exceeded 15.0°C (target 80.0°C, actual 64.6°C)
              
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              • 1d1undefined
                1d1
                last edited by

                Thanks, @Phaedrux - I try the PID tune....

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                • Phaedruxundefined
                  Phaedrux Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Can you post a screen shot of your temperature graph?>

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                  • Phaedruxundefined
                    Phaedrux Moderator @1d1
                    last edited by

                    @1d1 said in Blinking bed heater LED, no heat:

                    The bed connector is factory new (except where I changed terminals for the thermistor).

                    Is it possible the thermistor is losing physical connection to the heater? Or a wiring fault? Failing thermistor?

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                    • 1d1undefined
                      1d1
                      last edited by

                      The thermistor readings remain consistent. Trying to heat the hot end to 250 and the bed to 80, it reaches the target temp and gradually loses temperature until it faults - as if it can't somehow maintain that level. The temperature graph is steady and solid, reflecting exactly what is happening. Could it be the SSR is failing? The wiring all looks good and it has worked solidly for appx. 5 years. It has to be either the bed or SSR I think. And as the bed is new....
                      that's why I'm here trying to figure this out.

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                      • 1d1undefined
                        1d1
                        last edited by

                        While I don't have another SSR on hand, I was just now able to find the machine specific MOSFET. I guess I'll be trying that out next.

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                        • Phaedruxundefined
                          Phaedrux Moderator
                          last edited by

                          The Duet bed heater mosfet can handle up to 18a so you could connect the bed heater directly to the Duet. No SSR or external mosfet required.

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                          • 1d1undefined
                            1d1 @Phaedrux
                            last edited by

                            @Phaedrux Well, that would answer that question! I'll try that first.

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                            • 1d1undefined
                              1d1
                              last edited by

                              That did it! So far at least... When I first got the machine, it was burning out cheap PSUs so the company's solution was to send out new beds and PSUs along with this monster MOSFET. I got an SSR while the boat was coming from China and all was well until a few days ago. The Black Widow was a heavily flawed machine but I have upgraded, rebuilt, and poured a huge amount of time and money into it - and learned a lot. It is currently a tank after this last attempt to get it right. Let's hope it works as it should - thanks repeatedly, @Phaedrux. You caught me in midair again!

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