Thermistor lead replacement
I had a catastrophic failure with PLA blob around the hotend. I screwed up fixing it and damaged the thermistor leads: ripped one out, all but on the second.
Can this be repaired? How? Can I just solder the leads in? Pictures of a good hotend would be appreciated.
If not, any suggestions on a replacement hotend? I'd like it to be at least as good as the original.
Re: Thermistor lead replacement
Soldering will not work due to the heat.
Replacement thermistor: http://e3d-online.com/Thermistor-Cartridge?search=thermistor
Peter
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Re: Thermistor lead replacement
Thank you. I atctually went with a US supplier of the same part. It gets delivered to me quicker.
https://www.matterhackers.com/store/printer-accessories/e3d-thermistor-cartridge
Re: Thermistor lead replacement
I had a self test fail with 'heater/thermistor' error - I have ordered a new thermistor from Prusa and paid the same price in postage as the replacement part and then saw the message about getting it from e3d-online.com 🙁
I guess you would have to ut the plug off and resolder the leads, but what about the heat on the solder?
If this does not solve the problem can I get the heater from them? It is advertised as 12v 30w and I thought the Prusa heater was 40w?
The current heater does get hot (ouch) so I am hoping it is alright, same problem, big melted blob got the thermistor leads but I managed to clean everything up by soaking the block in acetone (I got the heater and thermistor out first)
Hopefully the silicone socks I have also ordered might prevent a re-occurance
Chris
RE: Thermistor lead replacement
I am going to splice in a replacement thermistor.
Does it matter which wire goes to which pin?
RE: Thermistor lead replacement
@ddd-i4
the thermistor is a changing resistor. polarity does not matter.
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