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Hi Just fitted a new hotend. Problem doesn't seem as bad as before. I have managed to do a successful print with PLA at 180 degrees. The hotend still heats up fast levelling out about 230 before cooling down to a steady 180 which i think there is still a problem there, as it shouldn't go that high. ...

Hi
Thanks for your replies, I haven't had chance to have a good look at it today, however I did notice that the Earth and Neutral to the power supply were incorrect way around from the diagram in the manual.
I will let you know again tomorrow on how i have got on

Hi I have replaced my hotend to a hictop stock hotend, now the temperature rapidly reaches about 50-60 over temp (ie 180 for pla) before slowly cooling If I try ABS of 230 it goes past the 270 limit, thereby giving me a heating failure Does anybody have any ideas why this is happening. I have change...