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Ultimaker reading consistently ~20°C temperatue off
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· Ultimaker reading consistently ~20°C temperatue off
This is definitely useful info, Sander. In the past I've measured my hot end temperature by using kapton tape to attach an external thermometer's thermocouple probe to the side of the aluminium block, adjacent to the nozzle, and then also wrapping some insulation around it.
I found I got temperatures that were very consistently 5% below the temperature the UM was reporting, across the entire 180-260 working range I tested. I'm not sure if this is explainable solely in terms of thermal gradient from the inside to the outside of the block, or whether one or other measurement is really off by 5%. Based on my tests printing some plastics with fairly narrow working temperature ranges, I suspect that my printer may indeed be reading 5% - roughly 10-15 degrees - too high.
Has anyone else compared external/internal block temperatures and can give me a sense of whether a 5% difference seems legitimate?
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This is definitely useful info, Sander. In the past I've measured my hot end temperature by using kapton tape to attach an external thermometer's thermocouple probe to the side of the aluminium block, adjacent to the nozzle, and then also wrapping some insulation around it.
I found I got temperatures that were very consistently 5% below the temperature the UM was reporting, across the entire 180-260 working range I tested. I'm not sure if this is explainable solely in terms of thermal gradient from the inside to the outside of the block, or whether one or other measurement is really off by 5%. Based on my tests printing some plastics with fairly narrow working temperature ranges, I suspect that my printer may indeed be reading 5% - roughly 10-15 degrees - too high.
Has anyone else compared external/internal block temperatures and can give me a sense of whether a 5% difference seems legitimate?
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