Specs say it will do 85C. That's enough to dry neat nylon..... But not cheap.
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Specs say it will do 85C. That's enough to dry neat nylon..... But not cheap.
BaronJ
Ultra Member
Hi Susquatch, Guys,
Off the top of my head thoughts.
I have a Peltier device that will easily do 100C or minus 20C, actually both at the same time ! Depending upon voltage or current limiting to control the temperatures. It is relatively small about 50 mm by 50 mm and about 7 or 8 mm thick.
A suitable fan and a heatsink/radiator with air blown across it could be used to heat or cool an enclosure. Could this be useful for drying filament ?
The cold side easily freezes water out of the air whilst the hot side rapidly gets too hot to hold.
Off the top of my head thoughts.
I have a Peltier device that will easily do 100C or minus 20C, actually both at the same time ! Depending upon voltage or current limiting to control the temperatures. It is relatively small about 50 mm by 50 mm and about 7 or 8 mm thick.
A suitable fan and a heatsink/radiator with air blown across it could be used to heat or cool an enclosure. Could this be useful for drying filament ?
The cold side easily freezes water out of the air whilst the hot side rapidly gets too hot to hold.
Dang, I didnt read the fine print. I just assumed I didint have to feed, I could just dry + store or dry + remount. Its back to one of the other brands.
For better or worse I ordered the Pi V2 $89 on Amazon. I suspect a minefield of sketchy units overall but it checks most of my boxes. Mostly positive reviews other than the fan bearing can crap out at some point but I confirmed a replacement fan can be purchased off Amazon. Surely it will be an improvment over what I'm doing now. Even an otherise good looking PLA print at 50-60% humidity is weaker than using dry/conditioned filament so I can get behind that. I have resisted other (non-PLA) materials partly out of lack of need but recognizing moisture is urely going to be a bigger issue.
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I am one guy who will be waiting for your reviews and comments. Please don't be shy!
And thanks for the confirming the unsuitability of the Bambu AMS HT. I missed some of that too.
pdentrem
Ultra Member
The plastic caps for dishware split and die, so I printed a couple from files supplied on Printables. First layer of PETG to make the part come off the build plate and the rest in TPU. There are food safe filaments at a price, but as a cover food contact is nonexistent.
Pierre
Pierre
TorontoBuilder
Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas
Haha that was one of the first thing I printed in TPU. I have to try the first layer PETG trick
I actually called anchor hocking to complain that they didn't sell replacements for their small lids like they did with this size....
IMO the dishwasher leaches out too much of the plasticizers...
Dan Dubeau
Ultra Member
You can get blue replacement covers for those dishes at kitchen stuff plus. I forget the other company* that makes them, but they're better than the anchor ones that split all the time. We've been using them for years, and I need to pick up some more.
Nice print though, I will remember that TPU/PETG trick.
Edit: it was Pyrex, and a quick seach of KSP shows they no longer have them, but import replacements are available. Shame, the blue pyrex ones were MUCH better than the anchor ones.
Nice print though, I will remember that TPU/PETG trick.
Edit: it was Pyrex, and a quick seach of KSP shows they no longer have them, but import replacements are available. Shame, the blue pyrex ones were MUCH better than the anchor ones.
BaronJ
Ultra Member
Don't alter anything and pop in a fresh batch of desiccant, leave the old stuff in and examine the change !
I don't think there will be any change. I believe that the 10% is just the minimum reading for the humidity gauge. It could be anything between 0 and 10%.
Also, this is a test to see how long a charge of silica lasts. So I'm not changing anything until the gauge reading starts to increase.
BaronJ
Ultra Member
Ah, I understand where you are going with this. My humidity gauges seem to stop at about 15%, but open a door to the room that they are in and it rapidly rises to +20% or more.