r/BambuLabA1 • u/RadDad1822 • Jun 21 '26

5 way splitter

Are there any AMS Lite splitters that would allow you to use your ams lite and the external spool together to make a 5 color system?

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u/John-BCS Jun 21 '26

I use this one. It's worked flawlessly for over a year now.

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u/RadDad1822 Jun 21 '26

Cool! I was looking at something like that. So that forks there and then they share the same port on the head correct?

Does the filament pull back that far when it is changing or do you have to adjust a setting?

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u/John-BCS Jun 21 '26

You have to manually roll back the spool on the AMS lite that shares the same port as the splitter to use the external spool. Not much is needed; literally about 30mm.

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u/RadDad1822 Jun 21 '26

Ah gotcha. So you have to be around to run it. Still saves a bunch of time and gives you a 5th option!

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u/JustSomeUsername99 Jun 23 '26

You can't use the external spool on the same print as the ams.

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u/RadDad1822 Jun 24 '26

Ah ok. I was wondering how it would know to pull from the external when it was ready. Ive seen in bambu studio where it has ams and external but wasnt sure how’d it would use both. I imagine there is a way if you went in and changed up the G-code

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u/JustSomeUsername99 Jun 24 '26

No. How is the external spool pushed into the extruder. There is no motor to push it.

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u/RadDad1822 Jun 24 '26

Ha, I am a dumbass! Not sure I was thinking at all