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General Discussion / Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: August 14, 2017, 12:08:49 PM »

A few months ago I switched from a rear-mounted spool to feeding filament from a dry box positioned over the printer (on top of a printer housing). Eventually the tension from the change kinked up my ribbon cable. I've since switched to using a ball bearing style system for the filament spools but the damage was done it seems. I tried to buy a replacement cable from Zortrax but they waited a week and then canceled my order, didn't even get an email about it. On top of this there is a 2 week lead time on the part plus however long it takes to ship. So my question is, has anybody tried using a regular ribbon cable on their Zortrax? With their service being so randomly unreliable I'd rather be able to replace the cable myself with parts I can just purchase online. I just don't know if this is a safe option. Thanks in advance for any advice you guys may have!