Laser turns off, screen blinks, controller restarts

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First of all, good morning everyone, laser users, LB fans, technicians, and OZ… always a pleasure to come on the forums!

Well, basically what the title says… im using my machine and for some reason, the screen begins to blink, and the entire system resets. Oddly enough, even when I have the machine on, and am not currently using it, the error can occur and the restart happens as well.

ive checked all the cables… the power cables from the wall to the voltage regulator, and from there to the laser. i got a little piece of MDF and poked at all the cables around the gantry and laser head, ive tried to jiggle the wires that go to the controllers, and axis box things and what not, ive stuck my arm up the side of the machine to the bottom of the display, and jiggled those cables…

i cannot make the issue occur… so i cant really say hey, its this connection right here thats causing it.

so what do i do now?

its an 80w C02, i was cutting at i think 20speed and 30% power… not very high at all…

im posting the video on youtube now so you guys can see whats going on… this sucks.

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Most likely, the 24 V power supply is failing.

Those power supplies are typically inadequate for the total current required by all the hardware; OMTech installed a 6 A supply in my machine with nearly 11 A of peak current.

As a result, the supplies tend to fail sooner rather than later, while produces baffling symptoms on the way out.

Replace the power supply with one capable of about 50% more current and it’ll likely solve all the problems.

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I Was having the same issue i ended up opening up the power supply and adjusting the voltage up and mine seemed to work