First time AMS user and just wanted to ask the pros who have been using them for a while I had two questions.
Does the AMS have any maintenance you’d recommend? I didn’t find anything except installation guides in their Bambu AMS Wiki
The back/rear gasket on my AMS unit is deformed should I be concerned or is that normal or intentional?
The lid seams to close down all the way but wasn’t sure. I tried to pry it and bend it back in place and it didn’t appear to move. The rest of the gasket looks perfect.
That looks like the gasket has just folded into the wrong part of the channel. Just carefully pull that section out and you should be able to see where it has to go in the channel. If it won’t go in easily, you may need to leave it out for a while for it to form the correct shape again.
1 of my AMS’s has the same pinched section of gasket. I have tried numerous times to straighten it out but it always winds up like this again. I keep a hygrometer in each unit, and this AMS does not seem to take on moisture any quicker than the other unit without the pinched seal.
Thank you @RMB and @dana.nelson for replying. I will take a closer look at the gasket and see if it’s affecting the AMS’s capability of keeping things dry.
My AMS TPU gasket was also folded incorrectly from factory just in front of the two hinges. I closed the lid carefully to reshape it but despite several attempts the gasket always springs back to the wrong shape.
Yeah I have a feeling it will do the same. Something like this that’s probably gone through some hot/cold cycles might not be coming back to its original shape. I’ll hit up Bambu and see why they think.
It is a poor visual indicator of the humidity level inside the AMS that is supposed to guide you to when it is time to replace desicaant. As humidity increases, so will the coloring in the tube go up and also turn to red when high. I have not seen Bambu document the specific ranges that the display changes. Like most software development these days done with Agile methology, UX/UI changes so fast documentation is often lagging so I would not worry over some minor differences in appearance.
It used to be possible to get the specific value that the AMS is reporting via MQTT but for some reason that capability was removed with a firmware update.
I printed additional desicaant holders that include a slot for a cheap hygrometer. There are tons of iterations to this for different size and shape hygrometers and even hygrometer stands if you don’t want to add more desicaant.
That’s pretty neat, I like the idea of putting even more desiccant in the AMS. One thing that I scratch my head on is the hygrometer idea, it’s soo close to the beads is that a good representation of the actual interior humidity?
Or is it just grabbing the measurement of the dry beads next to them?
Why I ask is when do you know when to change the desiccant out?
Thanks for your reply, I guess I’ll just ignore the AMS software sensor.
Some have suggested leaving the container with the hygrometer empty for a more accurate reading. Personally, I fill all 3 printed front containers as well as printed trays for reusable desicaant in the rear. My cheap Amazon sourced hygrometer reads 10% up until the desicaant starts to turn color at what point the reading starts to climb to 20-30 and it is time to recharge the desicaant in the oven.
