I took apart the extruder from my school’s Taz 5 to clear some jammed filament out, and in the process somehow knocked a wire loose.
Where does the loose black wire in the attached image go?
I took apart the extruder from my school’s Taz 5 to clear some jammed filament out, and in the process somehow knocked a wire loose.
Where does the loose black wire in the attached image go?
It looks like that is a thermistor wire that came loose. Here is the guide for a Taz 5 extruder assembly/disassembly directions. https://ohai.lulzbot.com/project/2b36d92e-a984-4e61-af92-245ea7fcaeaf/a16b1f2d-5c1f-47fe-a83d-9d68cca5d62c/
Here is a link to the replacement thermistor: https://www.lulzbot.com/store/parts/100k-semitec-gt-2-thermistor
And a link that goes over re-pinning it: https://ohai.lulzbot.com/project/molex-pin-replacement/maintenance-repairs/
If the black wire of the thermistor has come loose, can it be repaired, or do I have to get a whole new thermistor? If it can be repaired, how?
I would recommend getting a new thermistor, just to prevent problems that could arise with trying to re-attach the wires. Here’s a link to the thermistor: https://www.lulzbot.com/store/parts/100k-semitec-gt-2-thermistor
Here’s a link to the toolhead assembly directions: https://ohai.lulzbot.com/project/2b36d92e-a984-4e61-af92-245ea7fcaeaf/a16b1f2d-5c1f-47fe-a83d-9d68cca5d62c/
When replacing the thermistor, you will need to re-pin the toolhead connector and we have a guide that goes over that here: https://ohai.lulzbot.com/project/molex-pin-replacement/maintenance-repairs/