So I built my HM last weekend. All went well, was very careful to use my cell phone to zoom in on all the components to identify them properly before soldering. Unit boots up and was able to connect to it and configure it for wifi with no problems. I have done two test cooks with it and the HM board has worked flawlessly. The problem I am having is with the Pi crashing. Or at least I think it is crashing as I am loosing it on the network. The HM never stops working and does it 's job. but here is the catch.. If I unplug the fan, the Pi will never crash. Chugs along just fine and never has a hitch. If I plug in the fan, the pi drops off the network. It works for some amount of time.. say 20-30 mins.. maybe longer.. until the pi crashes.. then after it has crashed if I power cycle it, it will crash again every 5 min unless I unplug the fan.
My thought at first was that my 1 amp wall wart was not giving enough juice to power when the fan is running so I picked up a 2 amp 12v wall wart. Fired it up and after about 5 min, both HM and Pi crashed from overheating I believe. They were hot to the touch, HM powered off. I unplugged it and plugged in the 1 amp wart and it fired up with no more issues.
From these symptoms, does anyone have any ideas on where to look for the issue?
Geoff
My thought at first was that my 1 amp wall wart was not giving enough juice to power when the fan is running so I picked up a 2 amp 12v wall wart. Fired it up and after about 5 min, both HM and Pi crashed from overheating I believe. They were hot to the touch, HM powered off. I unplugged it and plugged in the 1 amp wart and it fired up with no more issues.
From these symptoms, does anyone have any ideas on where to look for the issue?
Geoff