Congratulations, and welcome to the club!
Resistance is 100 Ohms at 0ºC. It should be around 108 Ohms at room temp.
How did you fix the problem?
Congratulations, and welcome to the club!
Resistance is 100 Ohms at 0ºC. It should be around 108 Ohms at room temp.
How did you fix the problem?
I did not fix it per se. I removed the thermocouple, and measured 111 Ohms. Then I put it back in, and measured 550 kOhms. Took it out, 111 Ohms. Turned it upside down, and put it in, and then it worked, sort of.
I get maxtemp errors during preheat and cooldown, but as long as I am able to successfully preheat the nozzle, I am able to run prints. I will probably need a new thermocouple, though. I don't want to take this one apart unless it fails completely.
Open a ticket with support.ultimaker.com. Refer to this thread and they'll send you a new one. The part (if you want to fix it yourself) is a PT100 but don't use regular solder which melts around 250C. You need to do mechanical connection only (or use 300C lead solder).
I recommend doing the ticket now as it may take a few weeks before they get around to your ticket.
Alternatively if you do not have lead solder I think you will find that silver solder melts at a much higher temp. Available at online jewellery bits stores
Thanks for the tips. I have a ticket open already. I know a jeweller's shop where I can get some silver solder if I need it. For now, I live with it.
I have an unrelated problem, and I wonder if I should open a separate ticket for that, or if it's better to keep it in the same ticket?
Here's the thing: The screws for the heated bed are sticking up, lifting the glass plate away from the heat plate, and probably also warping it ever so slightly. I have to run the bed at 80 degrees for PLA to stick, which is insanely hot for PLA as far as I understand.
I doubt that I can get anything bigger than 10 x 10 cm to stick, the way things are now. There's always a corner lifting, but if I try to reduce the distance to the nozzle by just a tiny amount, I obstruct it. The PLA just refuses to stick to the glass, especially if I run at anything less than 70-75 degrees.
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Yee haw! I am 3D printing!
I'm probably going to have to replace the thermocouple sooner or later, but right now, magic is happening on my desktop.
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