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Ramps needs air sometimes (Fix –Short Story)

Posted by dvd7227 
Ramps needs air sometimes (Fix –Short Story)
November 01, 2017 12:30PM
So I was designing a case to side on the side to hide all the ugly wires and connections from the ramps board sitting on the side. My designed case was not letting the ramps board breath well enough it would cause the prints to stop after about 5-10 min. It would also stop heating the bed if I was working on filament profiles on cura to upload to octoprint.

So I googled a bit found a couple of threads reporting a fix to add a fan or let the ramps board breath a bit. I got back to redesigning the case a bit and printed it on another 3d printer at work, got home put it all together on the new case and to my surprise issue was fixed.

Notes - Added a fan blowing air in towards the board closer to the bottom where the power plugs go in and where the hotend and heat bed connections sit.
Added several more vents on the door and 2 fan mounts but currently using just one blowing air in.
Will add another fan towards the side to blow air out.
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