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Ambient temperature multiplier for variable part cooling?
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The Idea: So I haven't seen any printers or slicers out there that have this option. This option would change your part cooling fan speed based off ambient temperature which would have a multiplier or a graph that the user could adjust to dial in the proper cooling based off ambient temp which can change throughout the seasons.

Where the idea came from:

I print small things for eBay and I have for over a year now and I've recently moved my print setup into an RV since I'm selling my house and the temperature in my RV varies drastically depending on if I'm home or not. Sometimes I'll be starting a print when I'm getting home and the temperature in the camper might be as low as 50°F. There's particular prints that I've noticed have issues with overcooling a small piece and they dislodge from the bed but if I wait for the first layer to complete and then change the fan speed down to a lower value for the rest of the print I have no problems. Now most people would just make in enclosure, but that would require me to engineer away for the enclosure to stay the same temperature throughout the print and I'm pretty limited on space which is why I have a mini. So adding any closure kind of defeats the purpose of having a small foot print printer.

I live off grid so I minimize my energy consumption which is the main reason for my large temperature swings so a printer that can adapt to that would be great. I know this would require a separate temp sensor but if this option made it's way into future printers that's would be very handy for people that have their printers in unstable environments.

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