I have a Nevermore filter with 24v fans, would it be fine to connect them to the parts that I have circled on my Prusa MK4?

Or is that dangerous?

  • chrischryse@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Idk what type of connector my printer uses since my fan is different

    How about a raspberry pi?

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      Pi’s are usually 5vs, they won’t drive a 24v fan happily at all.

      At that point what you can do is a power relay- like how most bed heaters work. That could be controlled by a pi, but delivers power from a 24v source.

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          If the charger is a 24v powesupply, that would work. I would also suggest getting a switch to put in line so you don’t have to keep unplugging it- either a rocker switch or mini toggle.

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            Not sure how familiar you are with electronic stuff, but the fans I have are 24v and 0.1A my laptop charger outputs up to 6A that shouldn’t be an issue right?

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              Volts need to match, nominally.

              Your fans will only draw .1A from the supply- as long as your supply has enough amperage to supply everything running… your fine.

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                  With a fan it won’t be a big deal if the charger outputs 19-24V. Do you have a multimeter? Do you have a 24V source anywhere on the board? Using a laptop charger for 24V/0.1A is just way overkill. It’ll work just fine though. You might also get some 24V LEDs to run off it too since you’ll have all that extra current capacity.

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                  19 is probably fine. Voltage is always a bit inconsistent so the phrase they use is “nominal”- or “more or less”

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      Honestly if your going to go through all this effort to make this work, and already have a pi, I would suggest instead upgrade the control board to something with extra fan headers, led heads, etc and switch to klipper, there have to be guides out there for your specific printer

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      Powering the fan from gpio pins probably isn’t going to work out well either, they are 3.3v and 5v. Powering the fan from the PSU is going to be similar to powering a pi off it, I believe you should step the voltage down to what each needs, where the fan is 24v I think the pi is 5v. Your PSU is probably 115 or 220 v. For connectors I would expect to have to redo them yourself with micro fit, molex, jst or w/e you want and can get. On some of mine I just did single pin molex on the pins of the white female connector for fan headers, it doesn’t lock but it works if you don’t have a lot of movement. This page is awesome for connectors info https://www.mattmillman.com/info/crimpconnectors/common-jst-connector-types/

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        Seems complicated I might just connect it to and adapter I can plug my 24v laptop charger into or just getting a buck converter