As I mentioned in Received my Glowforge - timing, impression, and more , my new GF seems to have some odd behavior. During its start-up sequence, at some point it appears to suddenly lose power, as if a breaker tripped or something, but then a second or two later the lights come back on and it continues on its way. Is this supposed to happen?
Here’s a compressed video. In the audio you can hear the clicking (which I assume is normal – is it?). The light/power shut-down happens around 32 seconds in:
UPDATE: I forgot to mention the time. This startup was recorded Friday Dec. 29th around 12:40pm Pacific time (Seattle metro region).
I have actually experienced this exact same thing before as well. I would say I have had this happen 4-5 times over the weeks I haver had it. Honestly I assumed it was a reboot of some sort that was normal as I have never had an issue with my GF and the “power boot” was a super rare occurrence.
Now I am concerned.
I’ve had this two or three times as well. For me, it is always 4-5 seconds after turning it on. Kind of a double clutch coming up. Never any problem after that .
This has always happened with mine as well. I assumed this was normal. Happens once about every 3 times I turn on the glowforge. It basically just restarts the calibration after it has the “blip”. It’s always at startup for me though.
This exact same thing happens with mine every single time I turn it on, the reboot I’m talking about. I also get the clicking but I think that’s normal.
Anyone had an official reply from Staff saying that this is normal behavior or not? I haven’t emailed them directly yer as I was hoping they would answer it here first.
I have not heard anything yet. But considering that I first posted in the afternoon of Friday the 29th, I wasn’t really expecting anything until next Tuesday – I assume people are on holiday. Or do the staff often reply to posts in Problems & Support on the weekend?
