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    • deckingmanundefined
      deckingman @Foden
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      @foden The most common cause of heater faults occurring a few minutes into a print is the part cooling fan coming on and blowing cold air over the nozzle. Try turning off or disabling the fan temporarily to see if that fixes it.

      Ian
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      • dc42undefined
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        As well as making sure that the part cooling fan blows on the print not on the heater block, you can put a silicone sock over the heater block if it doesn't already have one. You will need to re-tune the heater.

        Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
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        • Fodenundefined
          Foden @deckingman
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          @deckingman Thanks deckingman, had'nt thought of that and it does fit the pattern as it's off initially., Will test out later today

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          • Fodenundefined
            Foden @dc42
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            @dc42 Thanks dc42, I forgot to mention it has a silicon sock on the block. I will try deckinman's idea of turning off the fan. Hopefully that's it and i just need to work out a better cooling fan assembly

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            • Fodenundefined
              Foden @Foden
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              @foden screenshots are here https://imgur.com/a/UDpWWIV
              looking at the temp chart its pretty stable until it fails, so could indeed be the fan kicking in. Have included a shot of what the fan looks like, it should blow air onto the part but could also be bouncing back onto the hot end

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              • dc42undefined
                dc42 administrators
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                Unless you have configured your slicer for the fan to turn on later, the print cooling fan normally turns on at the start of the second layer. But it looks like you printed 10 layers before the problem occurred.

                Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
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                • deckingmanundefined
                  deckingman @Foden
                  last edited by deckingman

                  @foden It's fairly common for the air flow to be directed back off of the build plate or the printed part itself, onto the nozzle. A silicon sock usually helps though. But until you test with the fan off, all else is just speculation.

                  If turning the fan off cures the problem, then simplest thing to do might be just to limit the fan speed to (say) 50% using the X parameter in M106 https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/GCode#Section_M106_Fan_On

                  Edit. That's good timing - DC42 and I both posted at exactly the same time.

                  Ian
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                  • Fodenundefined
                    Foden @dc42
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                    @dc42 Currently cooling settings are

                    1 0%
                    3 50%
                    5 75%
                    7 100%

                    so by layer 10 it may be at the tipping point temp wise

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                    • Fodenundefined
                      Foden
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                      @deckingman Hopefully that's it and I can start to grow my hair back ;o) will no later today

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                      • Fodenundefined
                        Foden
                        last edited by

                        Not conclusive, as I haven't had chance to do a long test print. However, after 15 mins with the fan on 50% the printer is 'as happy as Larry' - and so am I. Hopefully I will have chance to do a full test tomorrow evening. Feel a little dumb for not seeing the correlation between cooling fan and the issue...facepalm 🖐

                        Regardless THANK YOU both VERY much indeed for pointing me in the right direction!!!

                        Hopefully will be able to update fully late tomorrow

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                        • Fodenundefined
                          Foden
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                          Now it's conclusive - 100% fan back-blow was the issue. Anything above 8% and it would create a heater fault. Have to look to a different fan duct as the semi-circular one I'm using seems to make it worse. Without a fan at all you eventually get a large mass of filament and no print :o(

                          Thank you both so much for your pointers. I can now move on to the next hurdle, what ever that will be ;o)

                          OK, so where were the plans for the better fan.....

                          Thanks guys!

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                          • Fodenundefined
                            Foden @Foden
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                            @foden Ahhh Nutz!

                            Not completely solved, even on 5% fan i get heater failure after about 15mins. Just ran another text with no fan duct, so air goes straight onto the bed behind the hotend. Fan was at 5% and i didn't use any filament. Heater fault at 1 hr 1 min 14 seconds, will repeat with the fan off and see what happens

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                            • dc42undefined
                              dc42 administrators
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                              Does the temperature graph show a gradual deviation from the set temperature, or a sudden change?

                              Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
                              Please do not ask me for Duet support via PM or email, use the forum
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                              • Fodenundefined
                                Foden @dc42
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                                @dc42 Hi dc42, it was a sudden change - currnelty into the test, 52 mins, with no fan or filament

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                                • Fodenundefined
                                  Foden @Foden
                                  last edited by Foden

                                  @foden This is what it looks like so far https://imgur.com/a/ycVP0K4. When the fan is on there is a very slight tremor/wave in the hot end temp line

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                                  • Fodenundefined
                                    Foden @Foden
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                                    @foden Now past where it failed last time, will leave it until the end or it fails 32% to go yet

                                    The hot end I'm using has a e3d v6 block and thermistor, with the thermistor at the back nearest the fan. I may tril rotating the unit 180o to see what that does

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                                    • Fodenundefined
                                      Foden @Foden
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                                      @foden completed print run without issue

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                                      • Phaedruxundefined
                                        Phaedrux Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Silicone sock?

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                                        • Fodenundefined
                                          Foden @Phaedrux
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                                          @phaedrux Yes, there's a silicone sock on the heater block

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                                          • Phaedruxundefined
                                            Phaedrux Moderator
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                                            Ah yes, sorry I missed that above.

                                            If it were the fan you should be able to force a fault by heating up and then maxing the fan. If you can't force an error with worst case scenario I think it would be even harder to get a fault in normal operation. That would lead me to think a intermittent writing fault has developed.

                                            I'd try with a new thermistor and writing. If it doesn't help, at least you have a spare.

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