Hey everyone, I think my thermocouple went out on my right extruder. The temp reads NA. I tried turning it off and just printing with the left extruder but it wont do it. So does anyone know what happened to it and where can I get the parts? Ive been looking online for about a week trying to find parts with no success.
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They got a pretty good support via Skype. It can take a few days until you get an answer but it beats email.
Skype: ammjill (this was in the auction when I bought my printer on eBay)
I paid 25€ for 3 new Thermocouples from them.
I have the same issue with the LE, it says to check the wires. However I will need to replace the temperature sensor once we find out what type it is.
Go on amazon . Com and search for CTC 3d parts. I got mine there. Remember to buy the 24v version.
Ouch, the right? I had the left one go out a couple-few months after I bought the printer… It gave me the same error state on the temp reading, as well as giving me a warning message after a couple seconds every time I turned on the printer.
It was well within the 1-year warranty period, so I just contacted the seller and they sent me another one for the cost of shipping. Luckily with the left down, I was able to still print with the right…I guess the opposite isn’t true.
With the right thermocouple still okay, you should be able to swap them on the hotends, and then swap the connections on the MightyBoard. That should at least get you back up and running until you secure a replacement.
Those ring-mount K-Type TCs are a pain to source, your best bet is one of those Chinese eBay sellers with all the 3D printer spare parts. (Should probably get some other consumables while you’re there, like some extra pre-cut insulation for the hotends and other stuff that’s troublesome to source locally, it’ll be real cheap…though you have to wait 1-2 months.)
