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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: MK2 PCB Heater Firmware settings]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I got an IR thermometer from work, and measured the temperature in various places across the print surface.&nbsp; I also put some flat black stick-on dots on those areas so the glass reflection doesn&#039;t affect the readings (as much). </p><p>I left the bed heat up for a about 10 minutes&nbsp; at what the thermistor reads as 65°C, then measured the center, the corners and a couple of spots around the middle.</p><p>Center&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; =&nbsp; 88°<br />Rear left&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;=&nbsp; 79°<br />Rear Right&nbsp; =&nbsp; 82°<br />Front left&nbsp; &nbsp; =&nbsp; 81°<br />Front Right =&nbsp; 84°<br />Other&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;=&nbsp; 85°-89°</p><p>So the thermistor readings seem to be off by about 20°C.</p><p>FWIW, the PCB bed heats up to temp in about 5 minutes, which is pretty nice.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[pirvan]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-06-17T18:20:38Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[MK2 PCB Heater Firmware settings]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I just replaced my dead QU-BD heater with a MK2 PCB heater.&nbsp; The heater didn&#039;t include a thermistor, so I found and reused the original SD3 thermistor.&nbsp; In the firmware I changed the thermistor to type 6 (which is what the original firmware had), instead of 80 (QU-BD).</p><p>Now the problem:&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a IR thermometer handy, but I can tell the reported temps are NOT accurate.&nbsp; The bed feels hotter at 60°C than what the old bed reported at 95°C.&nbsp; I even lowered it to 45° and did a 3 hour long print and no problems, it held on to the print perfectly.</p><p>Doing a PID doesn&#039;t make sense, since I don&#039;t know what the actual temperature is.&nbsp; So for the moment I&#039;m using it at 50°C max.&nbsp; But I&#039;m wondering if there&#039;s something I did wrong when I mounted the thermistor.</p><p>The setup is:&nbsp; The PCB is installed on top of the copper platform with VHB tape, which give about 1mm worth of clearance between the platform and the PCB.&nbsp; The platform has a hole drilled in the middle through which the thermistor pokes through and it goes into the hole of the PCB.&nbsp; Then there&#039;s a sheet of glass on top.&nbsp; ID did not epoxy or otherwise permanently attach the thermistor to the PCB heater, it&#039;s only sitting there in the hole, so I wonder if that is the reason why I see the temperatures I see.</p><p>I&#039;m thinking about using some thermal compound (like for CPUs), to pack in the PCB hole around the Thermistor.&nbsp; Any thoughts on that?</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://www.soliforum.com/misc.php?action=pun_attachment&amp;item=5580" alt="http://www.soliforum.com/misc.php?action=pun_attachment&amp;amp;item=5580" /></span></p>]]></content>
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			<updated>2014-06-15T15:18:27Z</updated>
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