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system keeps resetting and occasionally loses power

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:23 am
by funhawke
Suddenly today my laser intermittently stops working during cutting. It either resets itself or simply turns off by itself during a job. I noticed it was not cutting thin material under normal settings initially. I checked connections - everything seems fine. I seems to reset or lose power totally only during cutting. When it is idle - it does not reset/lose power. Anyone have any ideas

Re: system keeps resetting and occasionally loses power

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:15 pm
by SWMS
Sounds like one of your power supply units might have faulty capacitors. When not under load it's fine. When it's under load it can't supply enough power and reboots.