Basic thermal protection is a feature that has been available in the standard 3D printer firmwares for a long time and it does a great job of protecting its heater elements when the temperature readings stop making sense. But as it turns out, some manufacturers don't bother to test that they are actually working. So here's how you can test you own machine - it only takes a couple of minutes!
Read the article to this video here:
https://toms3d.org/2021/08/11/how-to-test-for-thermal-safety-features/
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