M201 Help! It won't turn off (the hotend that is)
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 5:02 am
So while cleaning out my hot-end over the weekend, for some reason I had a situation where the hot-end heater wouldn't turn off (even after a full power off and on again).
I took my board out and measured the mosfet, and sure enough it was knackered (shorted between pins).
After desoldering the mosfet I swapped the it with the neighbour and checked all the resistances before putting the board back on the printer again.
Imagine my surprise when the hot-end started heating immediately again, and I still can't turn it off.
Is it likely something more serious? If so is it repairable? or do I need a new board? I followed all the steps on the following thread;
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=17039
Can't find a replacement M201 board on the Geeetech site, what are my options? Is this a common problem? it's the second issue I have had with the hot bits...
Thanks
Mark
I took my board out and measured the mosfet, and sure enough it was knackered (shorted between pins).
After desoldering the mosfet I swapped the it with the neighbour and checked all the resistances before putting the board back on the printer again.
Imagine my surprise when the hot-end started heating immediately again, and I still can't turn it off.
Is it likely something more serious? If so is it repairable? or do I need a new board? I followed all the steps on the following thread;
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=17039
Can't find a replacement M201 board on the Geeetech site, what are my options? Is this a common problem? it's the second issue I have had with the hot bits...
Thanks
Mark