3D Printer Enclosure Ventilation - Mark 2

[@TheFishingPilot]

i just got my X1C and was getting ready to do this myself. great work and explanation. special thanks for providing the models.

[@MakerMike54]

No worries. Glad to be of help.

[@ThisDesignedThat]

excellent work, have been meaning to setup a enclosed racking solution for my 3d printers, this gave me some great ideas.

[@MakerMike54]

Thanks

[@SaHaRaSquad]

If I see right the stator blades have to be angled the opposite way, right? Really helpful video, I'm planning to do the same but smaller for my single printer enclosure. PC fans really are amazing.

[@MakerMike54]

Yep thats right. So they scoop up the rotating air.

[@yobb89]

need this for my pc, so darn hot in my room

[@lionfire01]

Having just the stators are enough and will give you better laminar air flow through the fan assembly. Just the fans creates turbulent air between and reduces the pressure because the flow is no longer uniform so it looses pressure that's why jets have them to create as much compressed laminar airflow as they can get.

[@lionfire01]

to make it even better you can 3d print the fan assy mount them on a axial shaft and drive the blades at the same speed like a jet that way you reduce the turbulence even further.

[@LaxLegion]

this is great work, Will the printables page be updated with this version

[@MakerMike54]

Yep, should get the STL's on Printables in the next few days. I'll reply again when they're up.

[@MakerMike54]

The video description now has links to the STLs on Printables.

[@LaxLegion]

@@MakerMike54 Thank you

[@dave0402]

Amazing! Thanks for this experiment. I also have a P1S and I was thinking to do the venting like you have in version 1. And now I see this version 2 :-) I have a question - what percentage do you have the P1S chamber fan set to? I'm a bit worried that due to the draft it won't start generating current and destroy the printer mainboard...

[@MakerMike54]

That's a reasonable thing to consider. It was running for about 8 months with the original inline fan which was more powerful and didn't seem to cause any problems. Should be even less chance of that now it's using more relaxed PC fans. I've just been using the default Bambu profiles.

[@TheHDreality]

Am I right in assuming the previous extractor fan failed because it's a bathroom extractor fan made for removing moist air immediately after people take showers and not intended to run for the multi-hour periods that a 3D print can take?

[@MakerMike54]

This is the description from the online shop where I got it, 'This 100mm model has a maximum airflow of 240m³/hr, at a decibel rating of only 37dBA at high setting. This model is designed to be ducted using 100mm ducting and can be used for a variety of domestic and commercial extraction applications.' So think I was just unlucky that it died.