The sound is making me crazy!!!

[JBurton]

Well, let's just say I've gotten really good at trying to spool up a print that has several feet piling up on the floor.

Everytime I hit start on a print on my 560, I tell my robot to set a 7 minute timer. Just enough time to catch it and get it on the core. My adhd doesn't allow me to walk away and come back 'in a minute', and it's even worse if I pull up s101 and keep my back to the printer with no timer, I'll usually turn around to a mess.

Then I sat a small desktop fan at the back, pointing at the components. When I switch the printer on, I switch the fan on.

This is what I was thinking, except find a similar rated fan and either wire it in to the printer or just flip it on. I wouldn't think a desk fan would have enough oomph to channel air into a void/tunnel, but beats me how much air we are talking about here.

 

[stickerhed]

ok, recently purchased an Epson SureColor S80600L Just installed. The ringing is constant, loud and annoying!! Bad enough I have tinnitus. You would think one noise would block out the other, but no! I think it is the fan? The installer says that is normal. Normal?! Can't be. Anyone have similar issue or suggestions? I have contacted Epson. They are reviewing the (video) of the noise.

Same thing here. Purchased S80600L in April, showroom model was silent. When we got it the sound was really loud. I complained to Epson and they sent a tech out and they replaced 2 fans. It's better, but not perfect. When I first get here in the morning and nothing is running I can hear it 3 rooms away, when the printer is asleep. So, let me know if you get a fix for this please.

 

[PS4252]

I have operated 2 different s80's. The first one Epson came and replaced the fan. It just changed the pitch. They also couldn't figure out how to resolve the issue. The one I am currently operating is in a smaller work area. The fan seems louder. Epson said it is normal. One tech couldn't hear the noise.

yeah, I must be more sensitive to the high pitch noise. Irritating as all hell!

 

[Rayd8]

Maybe there's a way to change the fans rpm if that's the sound source? Put a resistor on the connection to slow it down, will lower the pitch. Maybe there's a way to lower the rpm in the firmware, no clue if Epson allows that. Another thought: put a small filter in front of the fans grid, maybe that can alter the pitch/sound a bit?

 

[scrip]

Hi group, I just got a 80600 installed last friday and it does that high pitched wirring while in sleep mode.
came here to investigate and, really? This is normal? In sleep mode?
could it be the power supply?

 

[MelloImagingTechnologies]

I have ordered the 1" fans to replace.
Will have available in a month.
Bruce

 

[Dan Berg]

Known issue for ages. The new firmware is supposed to have fixed it but it has not worked and is still loud as ever. In sleep mode it is supposed to turn off but it doesn't.

 

[CanuckSigns]

My s80600 is almost 7 years old and has never made a noise, the only thing I can hear is the suction fans when you first load a roll but they only last a few minutes. Compared to our old Roland printers this thing is dead silent. The Roland's made a very loud mechanical whirring noise as the head traveled across the media while printing, it drove me nuts!

 

[Dan Berg]

Adjust the radio to cover, lol
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ok, recently purchased an Epson SureColor S80600L Just installed. The ringing is constant, loud and annoying!! Bad enough I have tinnitus. You would think one noise would block out the other, but no! I think it is the fan? The installer says that is normal. Normal?! Can't be. Anyone have similar issue or suggestions? I have contacted Epson. They are reviewing the (video) of the noise.

Go to my post just above yours about the same fan noise. The link has been added for a firmware update that shuts the fan off when the unit is asleep.
Dan Berg

 

[Dan Berg]

I have an s80600 that had the loud fan and it was awful. In Jan of this year Epson came out with a new firmware that silences the fan when the printer goes to sleep. Don't have the firmware number here but you will find it on Epson support and it does work.

 

[netsol]

Find the fan and disconnect it!

you know, bruce
they don't just put the fans there as a decoration
the cooling air flow prevents some sort of (normally expensive) component failure

that sort of background noise has never bothered me much

 

[Graphic Extremes]

Find the fan and disconnect it!

replace fan with a quieter model.

 

[Graphic Extremes]

I have an s80600 that had the loud fan and it was awful. In Jan of this year Epson came out with a new firmware that silences the fan when the printer goes to sleep. Don't have the firmware number here but you will find it on Epson support and it does work.

I have not been able to install the updated firmware. Machine will not except it. how do you see what firmware is in the machine?

 

[netsol]

are they "protecting" the firmware?
the way roland "protects" setup menu

i know zebra "protects" the hell out of our new tablets

 

[netsol]

does tinnitus make you more susceptible to certain frequencies?

 

[Dan Berg]

Tinnitus or not that fan was loud. The firmware came out several months ago and it was designed to turn the fan off in sleep mode and it works. There is another thread on this forum about the fan and it had a link which is where I got it from. My present firmware on my s80600 is SA)23N9,1.16,9000

 

[PS4252]

I have an s80600 that had the loud fan and it was awful. In Jan of this year Epson came out with a new firmware that silences the fan when the printer goes to sleep. Don't have the firmware number here but you will find it on Epson support and it does work.

Thanks Dan. It would be great it that is all it took to fix!

 

[PS4252]

does tinnitus make you more susceptible to certain frequencies?

Not sure if it is Tinnitus or age LOL! But yes certain frequencies are just knives in my brain. And yet others I can barely hear.

 

[pjfmeister]

Our last Mutoh did this...after multiple tech trips and no help...I unscrewed the fan put in a thick rubber tape...kinda like a gasket and then reinstalled the fan. It cut the majority of the noise...

 

[PS4252]

Our last Mutoh did this...after multiple tech trips and no help...I unscrewed the fan put in a thick rubber tape...kinda like a gasket and then reinstalled the fan. It cut the majority of the noise...

good idea!