Glowforge High voltage short inspection

Thank you so much, my machine wasn’t working and glowforge quoted me $2000 usd for a refurbished unit…. I followed this, found the short, repaired it how you said, and it started working 😭😭 I’m over the moon. I’m so grateful for you

Bammmmmm thank you ! All 3 of my machines did this ! Now they all work !

Thank you so much!!!! Worked like a charm! Appreciate the help!

YOU ARE AWESOME FOR HELPING PEOPLE! ALOHA FROM HAWAII

Thank you for this! ❤

Quick question, Underneath the glowforge Pro in that channel where all the wires are tucked in, what is the tiny white for? I took off the metal plate to look for shorts in the main Red wire and noticed that torn the white housing on the lone white wire..... What should I do about it? What's that wire for?

Gret Video, thanks.

Any input on how to remove the spring loaded wheels at the bottom of the gantry? Or what the spring loaded bracket is called?

Greetings Greetings Thanks for your videos. My machine stopped working, it won't turn on, it sounded like an explosion, but it won't turn on again. Is it possible that there was a short in the cable? or is it something else?

I finally got around to checking the red, high voltage cable and there are no obvious signs of damage. I went as far as pulling the cable through the plastic chain guide and removed the silver plate under the machine in case the damage was hidden there. I didn't see any damage and carefully checked the cable from end to end several times. Is it still possible the issue is the power supply even though the laser head moves when the program is initiated? At this point, I would either elect to get a different machine or stop laser engraving altogether. Thank you!

My my very lightly used glowforge is only a couple of years old and this happened to me. I turned on the machine, the head moved as expected, but the laser didn't fire. I'm going to check the wire when I get a chance. Thank you very for covering this information. I'm curious though; why repair the cable and risk another failure instead of replacing the cable? Is replacing the cable an impossible option?

What if it turns on but nothing moves. The camera doesn't move and try and focus and the whole carriage. The start button also does not light up? Also no light in the laser tube?

How do I secure the laser to put it in its side to remove the bottom plate? Also will this mess with the alignment or the mirrors?

Great video. Mine has just stopped firing. How do you tell the difference between a tube that's broken and this red wire short? It did seem to happen all of a sudden so could that point to a red wire fault?

How much do u charge to fix? I will drive it all the way from Wisconsin 🥴

I’ve got 3 units . All did the same

do you only unhook the wire from one end?

Will this cause the unit to not turn on?

Do you make house calls? I’m laughing, but I’m very serious. lol. I am a bit hesitant to attempt this. I’ll give it a whirl though.

I only wish you had told me to slide on the heat shrink before pulling out the wire.