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Thermistor issue or ???

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 2:58 pm
by zemlin
I know the wire harness is a possibility for a flaky connection, but I don't think my #2 harness has enough miles on it to have an issue. Could be wrong.
Going to let the print keep going to see what happens.
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Re: Thermistor issue or ???

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:37 pm
by ednisley
zemlin wrote:wire harness is a possibility for a flaky connection
I'll vote for a going-bad thermistor, as I usually do. [grin]

On the five-minute-per-division timescale, the variations look entirely too slow, small, and regular to be caused by wire flexing.

Perhaps the thermistor pellet expands & contracts due to the hot end's slight temperature variations, causing similarly small resistance variations in the contact wire joints?

It'll take long enough for a catastrophic failure to let you order a new thermistor, anyway.

Re: Thermistor issue or ???

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:08 pm
by zemlin
ednisley wrote:It'll take long enough for a catastrophic failure to let you order a new thermistor, anyway.
Thanks. I have a couple in the parts box - I'll swap it out when this print finishes.