Duet 3 no power coming to bed.

eddygara

@BoA Thanks a lot man, I wish this guide wasn't so jumbled around to find this info, the people like you make this product worth it to use.

alankilian

If you want to power both the mainboard and the bed from the same power supply, add a jumper like this.
(Wire in green)

You also may have to wire a jumper from GND to GND.
(This I don't know. I think someone will answer here.)

eddygara

@alankilian Ok this goes against what @boa just said..

alankilian

Right. I got my information from here:
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Duet_3_Mainboard_6HC_Wiring_Diagram

BoA

@eddygara How? It shows exactly what I said. Connect power from PSU to this input.

alankilian

@eddygara said in Duet 3 no power coming to bed.:

your telling me to run another connection from the PSU right next to the PSU to Board line

I think this was interpeted to mean jumper Vin to the GND screw terminal "right next to the PSU to Board line"

eddygara

@BoA You told me to run 2 separate cables from the PSU directly to the board, you didn't say anything about jumping connections, from "Power in" to "Out0" in order to get power from the same PSU

BoA

@eddygara But that is effectively the same connection.

alankilian

@eddygara Electrically it's the same thing.

If you have a high-power bed, then run a second heavy wire all the way from the PSU.

Sorry for the confusion.

You're getting it!

eddygara

@alankilian Ok cool sorry yall, not savy like this, The Duet Wifi was a simpler system to configure, and there was a lot more documentation on wiring, etc.

alankilian

@eddygara Your experience will help build even BETTER documentation for the next person trying this out.

BoA

@eddygara In general - it is all about wire size and required power. If Your bed require high power separate wire is better option than connectin everything with just one.

If You know, that the wire connected to power in can handle all the current, then just make the jumpers between board terminals.

But if You have average power bed ~200W it would take about 16.6A to run it, and wires on photo look like they can be a source of problems I would not go below 2.5mm^2 for such heatbed.