Side fans wont turn on

[kristoffer 2]

Hi

I printed a 40 hours print over the weekend that came out fine.

I tried to start another print, but noticed that the side fans didn't come on. The speed was at 100 % in the tune menu.

I checked the wires and the green connection was broken.

I fixed it, but when I tried to check the fans again, there was a noise like a short-circuit and it smelled like that too.

I checked the wiring and they are as they should be.

Is there a way to check the connections/main board, in case the problem is somewhere I can't see?

 

[kristoffer 2]

The back fan is fine, the lights are fine and everything else. Only the side fans wont work.

 

[DidierKlein 729]

If you want to check the connections you can have a look to the build manual for the Ultimaker 2 (it's very usefull):

https://github.com/Ultimaker/Ultimaker2/blob/master/um2%20assembly%20manual%20V1.1%20_english.pdf

 

[gr5 2,167]

Yes, and click "raw" to get the pdf. Go to page 55 of 69 and in top right, step 16, examine the colors of the 3 wires related - one wire (green in photo) should connect the two fans together to make them "in series".

Smell of smoke is a very bad sign.

Check the voltage at the fan connectors - each fan should be 12V (24V across both fans). If one fan is shorted or open you will see 0V across one fan and 24V across the other.