As a follow-up to my previous post. I finally got the Kapton tape for use on Spirit's fan mount. I'm happy to report, my printer is functioning as expected and hasn't had the dreaded "Heater Error" with this new mount. I am printing something really small so it'll only be going for about 20 minutes, but before, as soon as the fans kicked on, the printer would crash.
That said, I made a small modification to Spirit's mount as I couldn't get the ears on top to print very well. And, I'm going to make another mod to where I can adjust the mount vertically. Part of my first modification was to change the mount holes from the oblong (horizontally variable) holes to standard rounds. Now, with all the Kapton tape, the mount/tape rests against the hotend which I don't want.
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mghtbgiant,
The print finished without a problem. the cover on spirit's fan shroud is really close to the heater block. I printed mine with bridge nylon for better heat resistance and have been getting some discoloration. Another solution may be to cover the gap on the Venkel shroud with some kapton tape to block the wind.
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