I am trying to add a chamber heater. This heater I found over e-bay and there is a much more expensive one (the same thing) on amazon. This heater runs on 220V and has a 50W capacity drawing 0.22 Amps.
I have an HW557 temperature controller which I bought off e-bay. This temperature controller is powered by 24VDC and has a 5A switch off/on on board relay which can control the temperature safely.
The supply for the heater I intend to connect to the power point which is fed to the printer.
I can connect the 24V supply of the controller directly to the X1 Carbon`s 24V supply but I was wondering if anybody can guide me to feed the 24VDC elsewhere and control this via a particular M code which can be added to the bambu Studio script to switch this off and on automatically.
Please let me know if someone has done it or knows how to go about it. I sincerely do not wish to fry anything.
Thanks
Most chamber heaters that I have seen tie into the Aux fan and use that for control.
I have left quite a bit before commenting. Probably will go down the suggestion of fitting a solid state relay having a variable voltage connected to the fan which puts the heater in operation when it is run.
This is how i did mine:
External 350w 24v PSU, 200w PTC heater, STC-1000 controller. Just flip the hard power switch and the temp controller has memory for 55c or whatever you set it to. Its not G-code controlled, but could not be easier.
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Has anyone used this in a X1C, how have the components held up with the added heat? Will it shut off as the internal cabinet temperature rises to maintain a set 50-60 c?
I use one in both my X1 and P1. The temperature controller has a temp sensor that goes inside the cabinet and will turn on and off to maintain set temperature. There is no added heat as i set mine to 55c, the internals are rated for 60c.
