• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Old Ender 3s and the like work just fine with PETG. Not sure where you got the impression they don’t.

    There’s nothing special about printing PETG that requires a big change over PLA. Printers have been hitting those temps since the rep rap days.

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      5 months ago

      Personal experiences with a cheap sovol that turned itself off when the temperatures went up during a long print.

      • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Sounds like a thermal runaway where a temperature changed too quickly and the code interpreted that as a fire or risk of fire and shut down. A lot of times that can be helped with a silicone sock and a PID tuning. Another thing is the ceramic heater core is going bad and it can’t keep a stable temp above a point. Heater cores are cheap and easy to change. The heater core is considered a consumable part and usually comes in multiple packs.