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Unresolved "overtemp" tripping too easily

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by Ben R, Jan 10, 2015.

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  1. Ben R

    Ben R Active Member

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    SO, looks like this is a problem going around.

    It appears that I am hitting the fuse and shutting down. Keep getting the extruder shutting off.
    This can be the poly switch, a thermistor and the heating element.
    But it could be any of them right? I ordered new thermistors.. and am about to order a new heating coil. I'm comfortable soldering in a new resettable fuse, but don't want to screw up that if its not the problem.

    I already set my temps high and low to prevent it shutting off from over temp. So I think its the over power.

    Question really is... I've had the thermistor fall out a couple times and had runaway heaters... could repeated runaways have damaged the heater?
     
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    Possible, but if it still heats it is likely fine.
    It is a 40w cartridge heater. Cheap enough if it does die.
     
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    What temperatures are you printing at? Keep the terminal window open and see what the error is
     
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    Well.. using whatsits.... matter control, it doesn't seem to exhibit an error.

    I think I found the problem... messing around to see if I had a short in any of my wires... my thermistor came uplugged. Maybe the looseness was causing problems.
    I've printed a couple things fine since. We'll see if it keeps up.
    I print between about 200 and 235. Doesn't seem to matter much which material / temp I'm using.

    More looking for some school on diagnosis and technology. If the ceramic coil can get weak, then it would be something to chase down.
     
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