Hey everyone,
I have been thinking of upgrading to a 24V, 17A 400W power supply for my mendelmax, and I was hoping some folks can help me out with some questions.
1) Has anyone who has upgraded from 12V to 24V noticed a difference? This is by far my biggest question. I can see how it would help heat the bed up faster being able to use a 24V heater in place of a 12V heater, but the steppers are only around 4V steppers, so I am not sure this would actually do anything for the steppers, but would love some opinions.
2) Is 17A enough current? My current PSU is 12V 30A so this would be a current downgrade, but a voltage upgrade.
3) I read about removing D1 on my Ramps 1.4 board, but I am wondering if there is anything else that needs to be done either to the Ramps board, or the firmware, or anything else other than just a wiring to the new PSU instead of the old one? I read that removing the D1 that you can use up to 35V
I have been thinking of upgrading to a 24V, 17A 400W power supply for my mendelmax, and I was hoping some folks can help me out with some questions.
1) Has anyone who has upgraded from 12V to 24V noticed a difference? This is by far my biggest question. I can see how it would help heat the bed up faster being able to use a 24V heater in place of a 12V heater, but the steppers are only around 4V steppers, so I am not sure this would actually do anything for the steppers, but would love some opinions.
2) Is 17A enough current? My current PSU is 12V 30A so this would be a current downgrade, but a voltage upgrade.
3) I read about removing D1 on my Ramps 1.4 board, but I am wondering if there is anything else that needs to be done either to the Ramps board, or the firmware, or anything else other than just a wiring to the new PSU instead of the old one? I read that removing the D1 that you can use up to 35V