New printer, dead power supply?

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New printer, dead power supply?

Post by Lyle4277 » Sun Sep 16, 2018 11:24 am

I was very excited to receive my A10 (my first 3D printer) today and get printing! I got everything put together and hooked up, according to the directions. I plugged it in, flipped the power switch (which then lit up)... and nothing else happened.

My best guess is that the power supply is dead-on-arrival, as there's not even a fan running on that. If it helps, I'm in the US and have the voltage on the power supply flipped to 110v.

Can anyone help confirm what might be wrong?

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Re: New printer, dead power supply?

Post by zonalimitatore » Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:16 pm

Check inside the board if is all connect.
Check in the left side of the board (the cable from psu) with a multimeter,if you got 24v while psu is on
If you haven't psu is dead.Try to check fuse next to on-off switch

This printer work also at 110v? :?

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Re: New printer, dead power supply?

Post by _kaktus_ » Sun Sep 16, 2018 2:56 pm

Hi
:mrgreen:

Is there a ~110/~230V AC switch on the main power supply?
You can check in which position it is.
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Re: New printer, dead power supply?

Post by Lyle4277 » Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:28 pm

Unfortunately, I don't have a multimeter. I did check the fuse and it looked fine. I also checked the connections to the board and everything looked good there, as well.

I have the 110/230V switch flipped to 110v, as that is standard in the United States. If the printer won't work at 110v, then clearly I have a bigger problem. :-P

If the PSU was functioning properly, its fan should be running when powered on, yes? Literally the ONLY thing that happened when I turned on the power switch was that the power switch lit up. No fans anywhere, no hums, no buzzes, no sparks, no smoke. Just silence.
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Re: New printer, dead power supply?

Post by MichaelK » Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:55 pm

It's a stupid question but the power supply are connected with the yellow "Du Pont"-Adaptor to the mainboard?
If yes, pulled out the connector and measure the voltage.

You do it onto your own risk, please!!!

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Re: New printer, dead power supply?

Post by Lyle4277 » Mon Sep 17, 2018 11:32 pm

Everything is hooked up according to the guide provided in the box. That said, I have a multimeter on the way from Amazon to dig in a little further.

Assuming that it does turn out to be a faulty power supply, will I need to resolve that with the retailer or Geeetech directly?

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Re: New printer, dead power supply?

Post by _kaktus_ » Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:10 am

Hello.
:D

This is what you do with your retailer, who then reports to the Geeetech staff.
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Re: New printer, dead power supply?

Post by Lyle4277 » Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:12 am

Multimeter acquired and measurements taken on both input and output (see pictures below). So unless I'm doing this wrong (I followed instructions best I could, but it's my first time using a multimeter), the PSU is truly dead. I guess now I need to send this off to GearBest and get a replacement...

Thanks again, all, for the help!


Here's my input measurement:
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And my output measurement:
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Re: New printer, dead power supply?

Post by _kaktus_ » Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:34 am

Hello.
:mrgreen:

The low-voltage cable appears to be unplugged. You can see it better in the first photo.

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Re: New printer, dead power supply?

Post by Lyle4277 » Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:01 am

Can you please confirm what you are referring to as the low voltage cable?

I'm assuming (perhaps incorrectly) that I don't need to actually have the PSU plugged into the printer itself to be able to test the output voltage from the power supply.

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