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by Arondite
Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:21 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: [Solved] Extruder melting PLA... with reduced power
Replies: 4
Views: 3789

Re: Extruder melting PLA... with reduced power

Thanks Jeff, I'll have to look that up. As far as the motor overheating it appears that dropping the current to 130 did the trick. I mounted a temp sensor under the guard of the EZstruder so I could get an accurate read in the same place the filament passes and it's now holding under 50C. I also ...
by Arondite
Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:32 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: [Solved] Extruder melting PLA... with reduced power
Replies: 4
Views: 3789

Re: Extruder melting PLA... with reduced power

I just successfully printed two 2 hour prints keeping the temperature sensor on the extruder motor. The motor held around 38-43C. I believe this may be a success! I'll start a 7 hour print tonight before bed to see if it finishes. If so I'll marked the thread as solved.
by Arondite
Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:31 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: [Solved] Extruder melting PLA... with reduced power
Replies: 4
Views: 3789

Re: Extruder melting PLA... with reduced power

Spoke with JJ, he recommended dropping the current even lower. When I get home from work I'll drop it down to 130 and report back how it affects the extruder.
by Arondite
Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:16 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: [Solved] Extruder melting PLA... with reduced power
Replies: 4
Views: 3789

[Solved] Extruder melting PLA... with reduced power

Hey All, So I've had my Rostock Max V2 for about 2-3 weeks now. I've worked through a bunch of hurdles already, but this time I'm stumped. Here is a (slightly?) organized mess of info about what's happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am worried that the extruder motor is just bad ...

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