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Topic: Differences in 1.0A Models and extrusion problems?

I have three 1.0A's that have "3D Printer" on the door with magnetic catches, they live in the garage and as it gets colder they will all quit printing after a couple of layers.  I am pretty sure that it is the ambient temperature as they quit in sequence of distance away from the steel garage door.

Now I have two 1.0A's with no "3D Printer" on the door and the crappy plastic catches, now these guys never quite no matter how cold it is.  It can be 5'C in the garage and they will still work fine.

What's the difference and how do I make all of them print regardless of ambient temperature?

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Re: Differences in 1.0A Models and extrusion problems?

Are you sure they are all 1.0A. There was a short time where some people where getting 1.0 instead of 1.0A when they ordered 1.0A. Look at the first 5 digits of their serial numbers and if they don't contain an A then they are not 1.0A. The next question is are they all set for the same bed temp and door being kept closed and handles on side have caps in place?.

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Re: Differences in 1.0A Models and extrusion problems?

Hi Carl,

Nice catch, the two that never quit are actually 1.0's according to the serial number, the three that give up when it's cold are 1.0A's.

Any idea what the difference is and how I fix it?

I have also noticed that the 1.0's will allow me to run higher extruder temperatures, initially I thought that was the fix, I increased the extruder temperature (via Slic3r), tested the file on the 1.0's, no problems, but when I went to run it on the 1.0A's they all gave the error (consistently) that the nozzle temperature failed to reach target.

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Re: Differences in 1.0A Models and extrusion problems?

I have established that the 1.0's will run jobs that the 1.0A's won't regardless of temperature and location. 

All of them have run these jobs successfully in the past, but for some reason the 1.0A's have now stopped.

The 1.0A's quit after a couple of layers, regardless of extruder testing and cleaning etc.  The symptom is the usual "clicking", my gut feel is that for some reason the extruder temperature is dropping off.  I am waiting on an IR temperature sensor so I can check that. 

The 1.0A's will run jobs sliced using XYZ's software, but the won't run the jobs from Slic3r.  The 1.0's will run anything.

This is what I'm using on the front end of the Slic3r files:

; filename = composition.3w   
; machine = daVinciF10   
; material = abs
; layer_height = 0.2
; total_layers = 1000
; total_filament = 0.00
; extruder = 1
G21 ; set units to millimeters
M107
M190 S85 ; wait for bed temperature to be reached
M104 S230 ; set temperature
M109 S230 ; wait for temperature to be reached
G90 ; use absolute coordinates
G92 E0
M82 ; use absolute distances for extrusion

Any ideas?!