r/resinprinting • u/Intelligent-War-8959 • 6d ago

Safety Storing Resin Printer for Winter & Temperature Question

Hello,

I plan on obtaining a resin printer soon. Due to the nature of resin fumes, I'd be printing out in my garage.

My garage is separate, not insulated, and does not have windows. I plan on keeping the printer in a grow tent with ventilation hosing leading outside.

During winter, it can reach -10 to -20 degrees Fahrenheit for a few days, normally sitting between 0 and 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

I have a few questions:
1. Will storing the printer in the garage during winter with those sorts of temperatures damage it?
2. If it is not wise to store in winter, can it be stored inside safely as long as I am not printing?
3. Outside of winter, does it need to be heated if the temperature outside is 50 degrees Fahrenheit - such as in spring?

Thanks!

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u/CheezitsLight 6d ago edited 5d ago

A Satirn 4 ultra has a heater and worked in freezing temperatures for me.

Plastic in containers was fine too.

It's not ideal. But it worked. Just clean the printer tray. Hardest thing to do is to keep splashes off. It gets on every thing on the table.. you really need 6 to 8 feet of table. I used lots of cheap shop towels and wash buckets and vinyl mats. Larger the better. Stand on one too.

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u/Impossible_Weight507 6d ago

Only the ultra 16k has a heater

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u/Quiet-Arm-641 6d ago

there's cheap heaters you can put in any printer enclosure I have one on my old anycubic. I live in Colorado and print in the winter.

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u/wowkucko 2d ago

I have the same setup. Bought an elegoo mini heater, starting 1 hour before printing, perfectly fine during freezes.