TAZ out of action

[Dave Rowntree]

Chaps and Chapesses,

The TAZ is out of action for the immediate future; The PSU was getting very hot and stinky last week when being run, and on friday night it finally gave up and let out all the magic smoke.
We will arrange for a replacement unit to be shipped, but as they come from the USA it may be a little while.

At least we still have the cerberus working, so we can at least print stuff in PLA for now.

Dave.

[Anton Piatek]

It did seem very warm at one point when I was demoing it at work last
month. I turned it off for a while and it seemed ok, but I did wonder
if the fan was kicking in a bit late.

Worth checking ebay too, as ive seen these PSUs available online quite
cheaply and probably faster postage (though I may have been looking at
12v versions)

On 28 July 2014 09:39, Dave Rowntree

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[James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk]

Lulzbot have a UK/London distribution depot, so if they have the space PSUs there then it may arrive in a couple of days.

Has anyone contacted them yet?

On Monday, July 28, 2014 11:14:13 AM UTC+1, Anton Piatek wrote:

It did seem very warm at one point when I was demoing it at work last
month. I turned it off for a while and it seemed ok, but I did wonder
if the fan was kicking in a bit late.

Worth checking ebay too, as ive seen these PSUs available online quite
cheaply and probably faster postage (though I may have been looking at
12v versions)

On 28 July 2014 09:39, Dave Rowntree

<theoriginaldavidrowntree@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Chaps and Chapesses,
>
> The TAZ is out of action for the immediate future; The PSU was getting very
> hot and stinky last week when being run, and on friday night it finally gave
> up and let out all the magic smoke.
> We will arrange for a replacement unit to be shipped, but as they come from
> the USA it may be a little while.
>
> At least we still have the cerberus working, so we can at least print stuff
> in PLA for now.
>
> Dave.
>
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On Monday, 28 July 2014 11:47:57 UTC+1, James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk wrote:

Lulzbot have a UK/London distribution depot, so if they have the space PSUs there then it may arrive in a couple of days.

Has anyone contacted them yet?

Not as far as I know - we had a busy weekend :)

Dave.
 

[James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk]

Ok, let me drop them a line and I'll see what we can do.

[James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk]

New PSU module is on it's way to me, from the UK - should dispatch today and arrive in ~2 days.

It's the metal part of the PSU only, so we need to retain the plastic part with the connectors on to swap over.

[James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk]

The replacement PSU arrived yesterday, I'll drop it in as soon as I can but it might not be today.

[James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk]

I dropped in the replacement PSU earlier today, but I didn't have time to fit it to the existing connectors because we had to shoot off before lunch, if anyone fancies a go before Tuesday feel free. It's in a Lulzbot branded box with 'new TAZ PSU' written on it.

[James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk]

The update on this, for those that weren't in on Tuesday, is that the replacement PSU was faulty (arcing inside with only the mains connected, and some apparently bent over components we could see through the air vents). 

Lulzbot are dispatching us another replacement which I'm hoping to have by next Tuesday, but if anyone has a 24V DC 306W+ PSU hanging around...

[James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk]

Doesn't look like this will be here for tomorrow unfortunately - they shipped the replacement to my old address in Southampton which they then had to recall, so the actual replacement has only just shipped...

[James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk]

I have the new-new PSU, I've powered it up and 24v comes out, no sparks!

[James Bruton | XRobots.co.uk]

The TAZ is up and running again.