Ventilation

[Mark Wingfield]

Just bought my first 3d printer, voxelab aquila c2. I have just ordered a cover as the usual excitement of using a new toy meant I spent too much time in 1st 48 hours watching it perform. May be unrelated but got quite headache. (Please no scary stories about 3d printer dangers - I am generally anxious so that is not what I am after).

I have ordered a cheap printer cover, and am OK with that. However, the printer is in a small room so I am considering a cheap ventilation solution. I have an existing rectangular air brick cavity (about 7cm by 16cm) and would want to use this with no wall alterations. I also do not want to have electrics directly to any extractor and, as this air brick is in an out of the way place, a mains plug power would be ideal. I am also considering making this smart so it only runs when the voxelab is printing (all via Home Assistant). I have spare smart button pushers so changing a cord pull to a button would be ok.

Any ideas regarding this solution with hardware would be gratefully received, or alternative solutions.

 

[W!ll]

I'd suggest for the enclosure printing a nevermore re-cirulating filter, which will help on the fumes front, regarding extraction I'd suggest sealing the encolsure and using the printer to create a duct and fan to your air brick?

 

[Haze]

Don't really understand the problem, you have it in a spare room? You only got a headache because you were in the room with it?

Don't sit in the room when it's printing? Problem solved?