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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: May 30, 2020, 07:21:23 PM »

Hi all, thanks for the advice so far. I built a cable, fairly straightforward I thought....then I get the error message Please check main extruder cable and restart printer. checked everything and tried again. Same error message. So I thought maybe I did not get a good connection on the plugs, so I carefully cut them off and crimped new plugs on the cable. Same error message. Any thoughts?

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: May 19, 2020, 06:17:25 PM »

Thanks for that, I understand how it works now. Just ordered the cable.. just for interest the Zortrax cable I have consists of two flat plastic cables with copper strips (10 on each cable) bound in a wrap...every strip is soldered individually to a pin...thanks again.

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: May 19, 2020, 05:22:56 AM »

Hi, I know this topic has been covered but I am not clear on the details, if someone could explain that would be great. I was under the impression there were 20 pins in the extruder plugs and only some of them were replicated from one row to the next. So when I replace the cable does it need two ribbon cables as per original design or one heavier cable?