Trying to figure out what has went wrong. I have a 100w red/black laser with a Ruida controller. It has been running fine with no problems but last week we did some maintenance to the machine. We replaced the water in our bucket completely and checked to make sure the water pump was okay. All 3 mirrors were cleaned and we made sure they were aligned properly. When we tested the mirrors, we had the power for the pulse anywhere from 20 to 60 and was marking the tape perfectly. But when we try to run projects now, the laser is barely firing. Weāre also getting a āwater error 1ā message from time to time. The laser is not engraving like before and cannot cut out any material. We checked the mirrors again but the last mirror is being hit dead center. Whether we set a job power at 20% or 80% and the job is set to Line or Fill, it is putting a faint line on our wood.
Could be a switch, could be a twisted line. If you search for āwater error 1ā youāll find a lot of reasons for it.
I would say you have a air lock in your water supply to cooling the laser tube.
If the sensor picks up no water or high temps it will shut the tube off.
This would make sense as you have just changed the water. bleed the system of air and I expect you will be ok.
I think you should replace the last mirror, because itās punctured
Since it worked, followed by maintenance, then didnāt work, Iād suspect something in the maintenance work flow.
If you are using an āopenā bucket, it collects all kinds of stuff and you see mention of ādebrisā clogging these systems more often that Iād expect.
Before any work, you need to determine the problem with water protect.
Do you have a standard chiller with it actively communicating with the controller?
If youāre using the same type of ājunkā for a cooling system as came with mine, Iād replace the switch and if possible get some kind of commercial (or DIY) cooler that can tell the controller there is a fault.
I have a 5200 series chiller wired to the controller. If you have a chiller it could display the WP error on the controller, but it may be from some other condition, such as high ambient temperature. WP1/WP2 are the only inputs that will give that error.
All that needs to occur is WP1 line to go high and the machine will fault.
How is that line switched?
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