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UP Mini Extruder stepper platform and wind barrier modded for better motor cooling by jeeplvr
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Last crawled date: 4 years, 1 month ago
Extruder stepper motor temperature taken after 1 hour of printing with all the covers off and door open. Same model printed for each test at layer 20.
Original stepper motor platform.
55-58c fluctuating.
*Stepper motor platform modded with air holes.
47-50c fluctuating.
Stepper motor platform with inproved wind barrier sealing.
54.7 c steady.
New wind barrier design.
48.7 c steady.
New wind barrier design and **fan air flow reversed.
48 c steady.
*Perforating the stepper motor platform seems to have made the most difference
**Reversing the fan exhaust seems to make almost no difference.
Original stepper motor platform.
55-58c fluctuating.
*Stepper motor platform modded with air holes.
47-50c fluctuating.
Stepper motor platform with inproved wind barrier sealing.
54.7 c steady.
New wind barrier design.
48.7 c steady.
New wind barrier design and **fan air flow reversed.
48 c steady.
*Perforating the stepper motor platform seems to have made the most difference
**Reversing the fan exhaust seems to make almost no difference.