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Heatbed mosfet resistor

Posted by hsbontop

hsbontop

Heatbed mosfet resistor
February 11, 2016 03:54PM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 49

What would be a suitable size of the gate resistor when using a IPP100N04 (TO-220 N-ch 40V 100A 0.0025ohm) to power a 1.7ohm heatbed with a 24v 15a PSU controlled by my melzi?

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dc42

Re: Heatbed mosfet resistor
February 11, 2016 04:27PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 14,686

100 ohms would be about right. Put it close to the mosfet, not at the other end of a long cable run.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2016 04:30PM by dc42.

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