Strange grey PINDA probe received  

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I also recieved this probe with the grey material. Anyone know if there are any differences or if it should work just the same?

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Chat said it works the same!

Did you receive it with your kit? Or as a replacement like I did?

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is there a part number on the probes ?

I see the 201711, but i think thats the maufacturing date

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Yes, will post in a few hours a picture of the other side of the sticker - maybe some else can be faster?

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I also got this grey probe with my kit last week.
so far it works like it should.

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Temporary probe? Does this mean everyone who receives on of these will get a replacement when the proper ones are ready?

My MK3 is due any day now so it will be interesting to see which one I get.

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No, temporary in the sense that the exterior is not final (will be black and prusa branded again)

There is no technical need to change that for customers.

I wonder if they just ran out of black prusa branded probes? Or was there a technical reason to really change the probe and stop using the black ones?

My guess is that they ran out of stock of normal PINDA probes and so have sourced these sensors from a third party producer. But it would be interesting to know what has happened...

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Received the same thing and checked with chat that it's OK.

Part number from the sticker is:

Jimou Sensor
P/N: IB2T-B0802N-C4B

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Thanks!

Google does not know the PN 😮

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As far as it works fine, will it make you any difference if it is gray or black?

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As far as it works fine, will it make you any difference if it is gray or black?

Right as long is it's of equal or better quality the damn thing could be hot pink with neon lime green stripes for all I care... My guess is that it's a supply issue. I don't know enough about sensors to know if Jimou sensors are any good so I'll have to rely on you all.

Here is Jimou's site if that helps.... http://www.jmcgq.com/en/

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I surely hope this replacement fixes my issues that I experience. If it does, grey is A OK 😀

Here are pics from the sticker from all angles

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Thanks!

Google does not know the PN 😮

PN isn't but company is well know. I think I have already seen their sensors somwhere. According to their website they produce variety of sensors, inductive, capacitive, optical/laser etc.

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Received my MK3 kit today.

The PINDA probe is the black tipped one with the PRUSA branding.

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I found how to get these sensors.. the PINDA V2 probe. The new gray kind (just recently received with my MK3). 5v, the tag matches the tag that was on the PINDA that OP received. Here is the spec sheet:

M8 Shorter Inductive Proximity Sensor with Cable
Size M8 * 35mm
Mounting Non-shielded
Sensing Distance Sn（mm） 2mm
Housing Material Brass nickel plated
With or Without LED ● with LED
Operating Voltage 5VDC
Ripple <10%
No Load Current <10mA
Max.Load Current 50mA
Leakage Current <0.01mA
Voltage Drop <1.5V
Switching Frequency 2KHz
Response Time 0.1ms
Switching Hysteresis <15%(Sr)
Repeat Accuracy <3.0%(Sr) / <5.0%(Sr)
Protection Category IP67
Operating Temperature 10°C- +100°C
Temperature Drift <10%(Sr)
Short Circuit Protection /
Overload Trip Point 150mA
EMC RFI>3V/M / EFT>1KV / ESD>4KV(contact)
Shock/Vibration IEC 60947-5-2,Part7.4.1 / IEC 60947-5-2,Part7.4.2
Material Active Face PBT
connection D3 3*0.15 grey PUR 0.75M
DC 3 wire 10-30V NPN NC IB2T-B0802N-C4B.7/35/PUR

This is all good news, but the bad news is that I had to order a ridiculous amount of them to get them to the US at a decent price, wire untold dollars to a stranger in another country, wait weeks with no word, and convince my wife that I was not nuts (still have work to do there). I figured I could just sell a bunch off to anyone who wants a spare, since it is difficult to get them from Prusa (always seemingly sold out unless you ask for it through chat). PM if interested

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Did you buy a sea container full of probes? 😉

That is really awesome!! Could you ask the supplier for a graph showing the expected trigger distance over temperature? I still would like to know if normally that sensor triggers lower or higher with raising temperature.

I personally live in Europe so I will not contact you for a probe. As I said: nice move! As we learned every one should install a grey probe for its better characteristics.

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That’s a great idea - I’ll ask. Probably won’t hear from them for several days but if I do I’ll post it.

Not quite a shipping container.. but let’s just say I raised a few eyebrows over here.

We have a motto: two is one, one is none..

I kinda took that up a notch

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Hi Daniel, I'm in the US and would be interested in a few probes.
For some reason, the forum won't let me PM you. Can you PM me with details?
Thanks,
Tim