Hotend Heater failed November 14, 2014 06:31AM |
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Re: Hotend Heater failed November 14, 2014 08:43AM |
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Hauser
Hi all,
During a small print, the hotend of my Prusa i3 stopped working. The temperature began droping and it was so indicated on the Promterface console (echo: Heating Failed). Inmeditelly I tried it again and, when trying to heat up, the LCD screen also started flickering.
I've disassembled the RAMPS board and I checked both the thermistor and the heating element on the extruder. The thermistor shows a resistance of 125 KOhms whereas the heating element shows infinite resistance.
I've read that the heating element should show a resistance of aprox 4 Ohm, so I'm guessing that that element just broke. Before I order a new one, I'd like to know if this is a usual thing or if there is something else I should be checking before I order extra parts and also if somebody knows the reason for that to happen.
Thanks in advance!
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