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Heated bed Mk2 with Gen3

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sweaving

Heated bed Mk2 with Gen3
June 24, 2012 03:18PM

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I have been googling my eyes out looking for details of how to wire up a Mk2 Mendel heated bed to the old Gen 3 electronics, can it be done the same way as the Cupcake heated bed? all i have found so far is that people have upgraded their electronics. i do not want to do this as i have only just got my gen3 Mendel up and running, and printing some very nice parts!

Ant advice would be very welcome!

Thanks
Steve

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sweaving

Re: Heated bed Mk2 with Gen3
June 25, 2012 02:07PM

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Anyone any ideas?..lol.

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sweaving

Re: Heated bed Mk2 with Gen3
June 25, 2012 03:13PM

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sused it..lol, i need a relay...

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nophead

Re: Heated bed Mk2 with Gen3
June 25, 2012 03:57PM

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This should work better as a mechanical relay will wear out. [reprap.org]

You will also need to make a thermistor input by connecting a resistor and capacitor to an analogue input pin.

[www.hydraraptor.blogspot.com]

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sweaving

Re: Heated bed Mk2 with Gen3
June 26, 2012 03:05AM

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Cool, v good link..thanks nophead :0)

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rapatan

Re: Heated bed Mk2 with Gen3
October 04, 2012 05:10PM

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Take a look at this [reprap.org] where control of the heated bed is done by the Gen3 extruder 2.2 controller.

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brnrd

Re: Heated bed Mk2 with Gen3
October 04, 2012 11:18PM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 1,780

Yes. I did this before I got RAMPS and it worked fine. I would recommend a different MOSFET since those ones run really hot if you want to print ABS with a 12V power supply.