Heated Bed Woes

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mage2
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Re: Heated Bed Woes

Post by mage2 » Mon May 19, 2014 5:51 am

Would these replace the molex socket on the RAMBO board?

Dale Reed
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Re: Heated Bed Woes

Post by Dale Reed » Mon May 19, 2014 5:24 pm

This is to replace the red 2-pin connector at the back of the bed, connecting from the flex harness to the silicone-pad bed heater itself. Anderson PowerPole connectors have silver plated contacts, that are broadside contacting, self-wiping onconnection, and designed for minimal resistance (and heating) at the sorts of current used by the bed heater. At the other end, on the RAMBo board, are wire-to-board connectors that I've usually seen made by Phoenix. They're fine, but are definitely NOT designed for current in the 15A or 30A range!

Dale

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