I’ve got an old DaVinci Pro 1.0.
I got it when they first came out. I pre-ordered it and got a discount, so I think I have one of the very first ones.
It has been a good printer over the years. I have done some mods to it and some repairs. I am still on the original motherboard and firmware.
I have been dealing with the warped print bed from day one and have learned to live with it - get around it.
Right now my biggest complaint is how long it takes the bed to heat up. It’s a 12vdc heater stuck to the bottom of a 8 1/4” X 8 1/4” x 1/8” aluminum plate. (210X210X3mm's) It draws 11 amps on 12vdc.
I want to buy a new piece of aluminum and stick a 110vac heater to it. Then install it into the DaVinci Pro.
I figure I can use a solid state relay to make the transition. The 12vdc bed output from the mother board will go to the coil side of the solid state relay, 3-32vdc coil voltage. Then wire 110 through the ss relay to the new 110vac bed heater.
I figured that using a 110vac heater and a solid state relay will take the bed load off of the mother board, so another plus.
The silicone heater I am looking at is 220X220mm’s 120 vac, 500 watts. The reviews for the Ender version (235X235mms) say that it heats up in less than 90 seconds now as opposed to over 5 minutes.
Does anyone see a reason why this would not work?
TIA.
I got it when they first came out. I pre-ordered it and got a discount, so I think I have one of the very first ones.
It has been a good printer over the years. I have done some mods to it and some repairs. I am still on the original motherboard and firmware.
I have been dealing with the warped print bed from day one and have learned to live with it - get around it.
Right now my biggest complaint is how long it takes the bed to heat up. It’s a 12vdc heater stuck to the bottom of a 8 1/4” X 8 1/4” x 1/8” aluminum plate. (210X210X3mm's) It draws 11 amps on 12vdc.
I want to buy a new piece of aluminum and stick a 110vac heater to it. Then install it into the DaVinci Pro.
I figure I can use a solid state relay to make the transition. The 12vdc bed output from the mother board will go to the coil side of the solid state relay, 3-32vdc coil voltage. Then wire 110 through the ss relay to the new 110vac bed heater.
I figured that using a 110vac heater and a solid state relay will take the bed load off of the mother board, so another plus.
The silicone heater I am looking at is 220X220mm’s 120 vac, 500 watts. The reviews for the Ender version (235X235mms) say that it heats up in less than 90 seconds now as opposed to over 5 minutes.
Does anyone see a reason why this would not work?
TIA.
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