3D Printer Farm Fire Safety - Prevention, Detection, and Suppression 3DPD 3D Printer Farm Life
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- Here's my budget fire detection and suppression setup. Folks have been asking, so here it is!
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Overview
00:39 - Prevention
02:39 - Detection
03:15 - Suppression
04:16 - Summary
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Here's my budget fire detection and suppression setup. Folks have been asking, so here it is!
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If you'd like to see a specific area of interest covered, please leave a comment in the section below!
NASA Work Guide: tinyurl.com/2p8tmm64
FIRE DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION
Wifi Smart Smoke Detector: amzn.to/3sjpzkh
Fire Stop Cans: amzn.to/3E9ut5N
Class ABC Fire Extinguisher: amzn.to/3FeeZin
Disclaimer: These are affiliate links in which I earn a small commission on purchases made. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
This is the most informative video I have seen an the subject of 3d printing fire safety. Well Done!
Thank you!
thanks for the ideas, I'm looking to create something similar for my enclosed 130w laser, looking at smoke detector to go off and cut power and activate a co2 fire extinguisher, once again thanks for the ideas.
Thanks for sharing this! I see a lot of print farm videos and few have any protection at all. They just jam a lot of printers in a room and call it good. These machines from China have zero quality control and I agree with your areas of concern. Print safe!
I noticed that too..... lots of Anet farms, and the owners are lost once they start breaking down.
I've got two printers, an original Prusa i3 Mk2 and Ender3 as well as an SLA Printer (currently unused). Both of the main FDM Printers are located in my basement, both of them are encapsulated within a 19" small Server cabinet. Inside the cabinet is an fire extinguisher which trips at 70°c and a smoke detector. An octopi host checks for temperature derivations (+- 5°c) and kills the print if it detects a runaway event. This already prevented a runaway event once on the i3 mk2 already. I think I need even more safety precautions but this is at least a good start. I may be able to post some pictures if you're interested. Never the less, you've got a cool shop, and fire safety is a must! best wishes, ferit
Thanks!
Thanks for the great video!
My pleasure!
The fire stop can was a revelation. Of course!!!
Right?
Thanks for sharing, this very important!
Glad it was helpful!
Great as usual 👍. I wish there were US made options available for iOT cameras for remote monitoring. On the wires that go into screw terminals...you do or do not use ferrules?
I use the the ferrules when they are installed by the OEM. Often, though, the lines are too long on the replacement parts and I wind up cutting them down and stripping them.
I had a bad experience with Dry Chem in a computer room. First, a single small extinguisher (residential size) will fill a room with fine grit. Back when I had the problem, it filled every keyboard with fine grit and ruined them all... throughout the entire room (we turned off the computers to keep them from sucking in too much dry chem). You will NOT be able to isolate an extinguishment to a single rack unless they are divided by sealed walls. You may want to look into CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) extinguishers for your electrical fires. Sure, you don't want to put out a stove or paper fire with one of these, but a 3D printer... yes, even with the 3D print job burning. Now... I am not saying to put out an entire shelf of stored filament, I am saying to put out a printer with its print job. Trust me. If you dump one of those dry chem cans or a small extinguisher, you will be down for weeks and you will have an undesirable future of continually failing printers because you will never clean out all of the dry chem. Find an empty room (a cleared-out garage) and put an old printer or two off to the side. Spray your Dry Chem for 5 seconds or so at an arbitrary point in the middle of the garage and you will see what I mean. You have 100+ printers... If I haven't convinced you, try this before you destroy your operation.
Still no fire to get the data. Oh well.
I would suggest adding Wyze plug switches to each printer as well. Cutting power to the full bank or at least the single printer could help I think. I used them on my printers.
That juice isn't worth the squeeze, in my opinion.
@@3DPrintedDebris The SLC smartplugs are much more affordable and work with your Tuya app
A friend of a friend had a DIY sprinkler system in his home workshop. It didn't look as though he had a whole lot invested in the system but IIRC he was a retired fire marshal or some such. If you fitted sprinklers and they were ever set off, it would probably ruin all the printers. If it got to that point, better to lose the printers than the whole building.
I don't have a sprinkler system for this reason.
Love the idea of the fire suppression. How does the insurance company like this idea?
I called a consultant out once to give me some quotes, his first question was "Who is making you do this?!"
@@3DPrintedDebris This gives me an idea of looking into some used restaurant fire suppression equipment. Lots available due to covid.
Get a C02 fire extinguisher....much less messy in the event you need to use it and it'll protect the electronics (more the printers around it not the one on fire) Also would replace wood shelves with metal or throw a sheet of drywall on top. Cost 8 bucks for a 4x8 panel. Might need to do both sides for the middle shelves.
What about a thermal fuse for the bed and hotend? Not sure how practical that would be. Could also have a Arduino monitor current and if it goes above so many watts for 10 min kills the power to the printer. If you need a hand building that I have a few hundred Arduino nanos that need a home :-p
I prefer the ABC in case of electrical fires. The shelves are becoming a concern after a couple of comments I've read; the idea of tearing everything down to coat with paint does make me throw up in my mouth a little bit.
@@3DPrintedDebris Consider getting at least one foam fire extinguisher. I agree that ABC (powder) extinguishers are more versatile, but they usually contaminate the entire room and the powder is not easily cleaned. I would suggest a large (9kg) AB foam extinguisher for confined fires (realistically, larger ones will require a fire department) that is sufficient for small fires and the foam stays localized.
@@andrazmacek7875 I envision having to take the rack (or maybe entire farm) outside and blow it out with the air compressor.
i use a zwave smoke dector to shutdown power to my printer
Awesome!
Have you had the hotend MOSFET crowbar on the Ender3? that is a scary failure on the bed too.
The one pictured is from the CR-10, and I've only had one fail and it failed open luckily.
So far all MOSFET failures I have had have only been for the beds (thank god!)
@@3DPrintedDebris I wonder if it wasn't mentioned - could MOSFET failure be triggered by less then ideal wiring harness and god knows what else (mechanical?). From your videos you seem strict on that point anyway. I've seen (repairing other devices under warranty) the same device BJT/MOSFET fail over and over S/C due to manufacturing/whatever flaw. The bed is passing way more current which makes me sleep better.
@@bill6255 Very hard to say, as these companies rarely publish MTBF numbers. I've done all I can do to mitigate the risk as a tech, field engineer, and degreed engineer.
What about IPA / solvent fire? Do you source gallon jugs of IPA?
I have a certified Flam locker on my christmas list. $2,000
Have you every had any kind of fire on a printer in the past? Or has your system ever been tested with an active fire?
I had one with my Velleman K8200; I used MOLEX connectors for the hotend for quick disconnect and there was too much resistance across the crimp. It smoked a bit and was red hot, but never caught fire. Since building the farm in 2019, I haven't had a single fire in spite of all of my preparations. I'm sure on a long enough timeline I'll get that data.
@@3DPrintedDebris Did you have any yet?
Buy good insurance and just go to sleep worry free. She burns your covered.
The tough part is that none of the 3D printers (that I have seen) are UL listed. I'm not sure insurers will honor the claim if they really dig into it.