# Mini heated bed heating pattern...

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-heated-bed-heating-pattern/6000>\
**Category:** LulzBot Mini\
**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-heated-bed-heating-pattern/6000 "2018-07-02T21:06:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![reddot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@reddot](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/reddot)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-heated-bed-heating-pattern/6000/1 "2018-07-02T21:06:44Z")

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I’m troubleshooting some printing issues and am wondering if my bed is heating appropriately. I’ve attached an IR photo.

Thanks.

Todd

 ![IMG_0002.JPG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/lulzbot/original/2X/b/bf524a2c7be8877b058ac9cc79763ac8bf2f1943.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Galadriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@Galadriel](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Galadriel)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-heated-bed-heating-pattern/6000/2 "2018-07-03T13:22:14Z")

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That looks pretty good. If you check out the video for our modular heat bed system you can see some video we took of heat readings on our stock beds vs our modular beds to compare your photo to. Here is a link to the video starting at the correct time stamp: [https://youtu.be/wE6KoG3zKmI?t=61](https://youtu.be/wE6KoG3zKmI?t=61)

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**Author:** ![OutcastZeroOne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/outcastzeroone/32/9588_2.png) [@OutcastZeroOne](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/OutcastZeroOne)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-heated-bed-heating-pattern/6000/3 "2018-07-03T14:58:06Z")

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One thing to keep in mind with thermal cameras, if the surface is reflective, it’s hard for it to get a good read off an item. I find with mine if I move it around areas that where dark suddenly show heat.

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**Author:** ![reddot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@reddot](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/reddot)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-heated-bed-heating-pattern/6000/4 "2018-07-23T00:35:55Z")

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Thanks to both of you!