How to increase bed temperature over 103 degrees
I am having problems with my tevo tarantula large bed 12Volt power supply, I am getting the thermal protection message when heating my bed with target temperature set to 115 degrees.
The process slows down after reaching 90.
I changed merlin settings to trigger thermal shutdown after 5minutes/2degrees and added a cover to the printer, so getting now 103 degrees (usually shutdown was at 100/101).link to a video showing panel: https://photos.app.goo.gl/jiW9NE7wEB4H0mOy1
question rephrased thanks for comment @SeanHoulihane
You need to increase the power of the heated bed. With a given amount of power, there is an upper limit to the maximum temperature you can reach because at a given point losses due to conduction, convection and radiation will balance out the heating power and the temperature will not increase any more.
Sometimes, inability of the bed to heat up is due to the supply voltage sagging under load. First, measure the supply voltage with and without the bed turned on. If you find the supply drops significantly when the bed is turned on, you need a new power supply.
Otherwise, you will need to either:
Get a new, higher-power heated bed. Make sure that it is compatible with your electronics, or upgrade them as needed.
Increase the supply voltage so that the bed you already have will give more power. Some power supplies have a small adjustment potentiometer that lets you adjust the output voltage. Be careful when doing this. Even a small change in voltage gives a big increase in power. For a heated bed with resistance R at voltage U, the power dissipation is U2/R. Going from 12V to 13.5V already gives 26% more power.
will check above and give a ticket to TEVO as per specification the set shall go to 110 degrees.
As the voltage drop with bed heater enabled was low, then decided to raise the voltage on the PSU and that did the job. Thank you.
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Sean Houlihane 5 years ago
I'm unable to parse your question. Where do 115 and 300 affect your ability to heat above 100?