Creality CR-10 - changing 3 control box fans | MINI | QUIETER

[@randyhartman7679]

Thanks so much for this video. It is well edited and to the point. The power supply fan in my older CR10 (bought 2017) was really growling which told me failure was immenent. I bought all 3 fans through your links. A couple of notes: 1- I had to shim the BlackSilent XS1-50 fan. I put 1mm thick washers between it and the bracket to clear the fan blades. 2- The StarTech 60x10 fan is half as thick as the fan in my power supply, but I’ll assume it can move enough air. 3- I used sticky putty (used to stick posters and such to walls) to stick the shim washers to the bracket while I mounted the board fan. I also used it to hold the allen screws to the allen wrench while mounting the board fan bracket to the box, and to hold the screws in the rear fan while I lowered it into place and got the screws started. Hope that’s helpful. Thanks again!

[@scotriddle2084]

Best video on this subject! I viewed at least six other vids on changing out the three controller box fans and this one is the best. No other vids mentioned verifying the fan air flow/direction before remounting! Great job! Mange takk!

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Thanks a lot for your feedback :) 👍

[@hectare6842]

On my CR-10, the fan on the back of the control box was broken, making a terrible noise. Thanks to your videos, I was able to exchange for a quieter fan. Thank you.

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Its good to hear that my video helped someone :) Thanks! 👍😀

[@MorningSun101]

Just to let you know ...you are doing an amazingly amazing job here with all your videos and projects ... you are not afraid to say I didn't know how to do this or that you're not afraid of sharing the fact that you just learned that before filming your video and I'm here Cuz I love the fact you're using the machine its self to do an auto improvement ...PS I'm here Cuz I fell in love with your diy cnc project and consider me as a BIG fan of yours

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Thank you very much for your support! 😀👍 I live by the moto: "learning by doing" :) hehe Feedback from you peepz gives me motovation to keep on with my projects, have a nice day!

[@gerattschmidt7047]

Old video, but is the cr10v2 not a 24v? Thought fans need to be 24v as well

[@Templarfirst]

Thanks for the video i got the same faulty bearing fan problem. I just ordered the replacement but i will clearly uphrade the rest soon

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Thanks for watching:)

[@Templarfirst]

@@WillysGarageNorway I dont know if its a more recent addition but that same nocturna fan in the back to me came with connectors to connect the wires together.

[@zx1987mdb]

Awesome vid! Can put next to my newborn without her noticing it! Just letting You know that the Noctua fan comes with an adaptor so you can avoid any confusion with wires.

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Thanks for watching :). Ahh, good to know 👍

[@DiscoverRajivVlogs]

Cool you should try a thing, i don't remember it's name but it's made of 4 diodes and used to make the steppers works silently. Search of smooth stepper etc.

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Hi, I will check it out and thanks :)

[@DiscoverRajivVlogs]

@@WillysGarageNorway 👍👍👍👍

[@kylefafnis]

Those are called TL smothers. My understanding is that they increase the print quality by removing "salmon skin" from the print. I don't think they reduce the stepper noise. I have rubber mounts for my steppers, and the noise was SIGNIFICANTLY reduced. You can find them easily on Amazon

[@deazyner1]

Thanks for taking the time to create this video. FYI- the fan size in the link is different than what you replaced it with in the video. 50mmx10mm is the correct size.

[@WillysGarageNorway]

And thanks for watching :) I will check it and change the link if needed. Thanks for info

[@deazyner1]

@@WillysGarageNorway I'm sorry- the links were correct for the fan sizes but the brands for the 50mm versus the 60mm were swapped which is what caused my confusion. Thanks again

[@user12sb]

Hello, i really need help. Is cr10s from 2018 12v or 24V? My hotend heats up really slowly and cant even heat more than 170C. Hotend 24v fans are really quiet. So i maybe think that half of the machine is 12v and another half 24v?Thanks!a

[@joshbracken5450]

Hey great video. I was wondering what you call the type of connecter and tool you used to splice together the 2 separate wires? Also what is the type of connection called that you used to connect the wire to the board itself? It seems you have connected 3 separate fan wires to it then into the board itself. I ask because when I did my upgrade I just put them all in with just the fan wires separately and it was very annoying. I would like to go back and organise and clean it up.

[@alberthuynh]

This video was very helpful. Thank you for sharing the process as well as which parts were needed

[@WillysGarageNorway]

I'm glad the video helped you 😃👍

[@alberthuynh]

@@WillysGarageNorway It did. I made sure to click your affiliate links as well :)

[@iainscott9718]

Would this work for a tevo tornado as well?

[@Substancia3D]

Great video, thanks for your sharing. I only have one question... Why everbody cuts the hires, there is a srews on the board to attach the fans, why cuting and soldering or using joins???? Im planning chnga the fans soon the printer ar making to mutch noise Thanks one mor time

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Hi and thanks for watching 👍😁 there is no reason other then that it might be easyer for people to hook into the original cable. I think there are more then one cable hooked up to the screws? Im not a 100 % sure. If its easyer to use the screws, I would do that 👍

[@Substancia3D]

@@WillysGarageNorway thanks for your aswer

[@andrewmakestuff]

@@Substancia3D I ordered the exact fans and the connectors are different. If you want to use the connectors, you'll have to snip the wires and solder. I didn't see any screw in posts to power the fans

[@terrylindsay445]

Hi There. Very good Video. As someone else said My CR10V2.2 ( has Titan Direct Injection) (same as the CR10v3)is a 24 volt system. Do you know what the part numbers would be for me? Also, the part number for the square black fan on the left side of the extruder. Thanks.....

[@marcinletniowski3356]

I just change fans in my Cr-10 V3 , I used noctua fan for the back same as in the video and for the board Gelid Solutions Silent 5 50 x 15 mm. CR-10 have 24V original fans so I had to use step down regulator to 12V and it's working really quiet. The only fan I can hear the most is hotend

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Sound like a good update 👍

[@marksneyd1262]

Aren’t the Creality machines 24v fans and so some form of converter will be needed?

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Not my machine :)

[@JoshGunnar]

What about the hotend fan? On my CR-10 mini it's by far the loudest one

[@timjohnson2559]

Why did you cut the cables? Why not just plug in the new cable into the board? Will it not fit or something? If not, where can I buy a fan that will fit without having to cut?

[@WillysGarageNorway]

The connectors where different. I dont know where to find fans with the same type of connectors

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

I had the same problem with my gtech , the damned fan was so loud i could hear it from outside my house ! They used a thin high speed fan originally but there was some room in there for a thicker fan that ran at a lower speed with the same air flow rating , you cannot hear my printer from a few meters away now .

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Thats good 👍 the fans are very noisy! I want to replace the one on my extruder also some day :)

[@otallono]

weird, my cr-10 mini puts out 38db stock as far as fans go, the real noise is in the motors and beeping sounds

[@WillysGarageNorway]

@@otallono I have heard some rumors that they changed the fans frkm the factory on newer versions of the printer (1 year ago approx) and ghat they were a lot quiter after that change

[@robertl6711]

dampers a hassle? I a am a 3d printing noob and installed mine in like 15 minutes. OMG so much better now I dont even hear the motors all i hear is fans so thats next. Use to hear the printer anywhere in my 800sqf house now I and do long prints and sleep it awesome.

[@FeroxWJB]

Yeah... if you are worried about noise levels but are not going to deal with putting on dampers, you might as well forget the fans.

[@lurcho101]

Great video! Ordering them now cheers also do the damper upgrade huge difference...

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Thanks for watching 👍😃 Have you tried the dampers?

[@lurcho101]

@@WillysGarageNorway yeah I fitted this style www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164161991065 works a treat so much quieter. There is an adapter on thingiverse also. Been thinking about the loud fans for a while was just about to look and see if you upgraded the hot end fans too as they are quite loud. I was literally just following your links for the fans and adding them to my basket but going to see whats the best fans fir the hotend first order and replace them all at the same time. 👍👍

[@WillysGarageNorway]

@@lurcho101 Yeah, the fan on the hotend is very noisy, have you found a replacement for it?

[@loubano]

Hello, Thank you very much for this video, tutorials and great advices. I will order the same fan and perfom the replacement for my CR10 V2. Thanks a lot 😀 PS : I just check mine there 24V, but the one you replaced are in 12V. Do you think it may work ?

[@WillysGarageNorway]

I think so

[@loubano]

@@WillysGarageNorway @WillysGarageNorway I postpone this project but I found some 24v/12v back converter, I will probably buy some. Again thanks a lot for this great vidéo and help

[@viscose808]

Question my cr10s5 fan that blows over the inner board does not kick on when switched on only the fan in the silver power box and back of black casing. I assume this is not correct and I have a failed fan? *edit* pulled the fan and it will run off of a 9volt battery (its a 12v fan) now I’m at a lose why yours runs in the video while installed and mine does not.

[@DatkidwoodGaming]

Thanks for the video keep up the good work. I was moving and I had barely just recieved mine and then uuf I dropped it but it was like a controlled drop lol anyways it did not hit at all barely except the control box kinda idunno did a weird tumble and now it's like a jet engine just roaring everywhere it goes. Nice music too. Good stuff

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Thanks for watching and giving feedback 👍😀

[@robertl6711]

Same fans for the cr10s? Assuming so just asking.

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Yeah, I think so :)

[@alexsiffredifilmmaker2048]

on my CR10 the original 50x15mm fan work at 24volt , your replacement NB 50x10 work at 12v !!!!!!

[@eduncan911]

I have an original CR-10. No S, no V2, V3, etc. Just CR-10. The PSU says 12V. Output is measured at 12.04V per my DVM. The two chassis fans say 12V, and are getting 12V. I have not opened the PSU chassis for its fan yet, but I'd assume it's 12V as well.

[@tqqqspxl5590]

it that 2 decibels difference?

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Yes, that doesnt sound like much 😂 But remember that 10dB is experienced as twice as much sound. 2dB is about a 40% change in sound "power" 😀👍

[@michaelweeks3443]

Creality v1.1.5 motherboard will make the stepper motors silent!

[@BraboPaul1]

Thats an Ender board,not a CR 10 one.

[@michaelweeks3443]

@@BraboPaul1 doesn't matter, flash marlin or th3d firmwire and select the relevant version of cr10, works like a dream

[@chesterfieldfamily3938]

This is true. Just installed a silent ender board on my cr-10s and flashed it with the TH3D Unified Firmware. I really can't hear the steppers anymore. Just the fans.

[@jamescullins2709]

Thank you so much.

[@WillysGarageNorway]

You are welcome 👍 :) and thanks for watching

[@GodlessNfree]

It would have been better to measure just the noise for the control box before and after the fan installation. I am going to go ahead with the upgrade though. Thanks for the video.

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Its a good upgrade 👍

[@MrGeoffrey1998]

No void sticker ? Interesting...

[@aserta]

For some reason, your CR-10 looks smaller than mine. It's tripping me out. The fan that makes the noise is cheap, i've replaced all of my fans with ones recovered from a Xerox printer that have actual ball bearings, and i'd recommend everyone to get actual ball bearing fans because of the odd angles at which they are made to work. Regular sleeve bearings will fail all the time.

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Thaks for your feedback, the printer is a CR-10 mini 👍😀

[@aserta]

@@WillysGarageNorway Ah, that's the pickle. Seriously tripped me up, all the components in the mini are identical to the CR-10 regular. :))

[@everyoneindhaka]

im sure the misses made you do this .. but definitely worth the upgrade

[@WillysGarageNorway]

Yeah, definitely worth it 👍😀

[@fitzmalloy7198]

So at 3:35 you replaced a 2-pin DC fan with a 3-pin brushless fan and only connected 2 of the 3 wires? I'm happy for you that the fan is working in the video, but I have no idea why it is. Since you do not explain in this in your video, I cannot in sound conscience follow your methods. I will be buying a 2-pin replacement for my broken 2-pin fan.

[@thegeeksyt]

The third wire on these fans is an RPM signal wire coming BACK from the fan... In the case of the CR10S this third wire is not used, and can just remain not connected.

[@bobbyprewett956]

I did a the video said and just connected the black and red wires, but the fan isn't working. Why?

[@jamescullins2709]

Please turn off your audio, very distracting. Thank you

[@WillysGarageNorway]

You do have a volume knob or a mute button, so you can turn it of yourself. Thank you

[@jamescullins2709]

@@WillysGarageNorway Don't get me wrong, I love music but I came to learn from this gentleman and can't hear him. If I turn the sound off I will mess when he is taking. Thank you.