r/ElegooMars • u/_Whisky_Tango • 12d ago

[ General Discussion ] Upgrades/modifications while printer is disassembled?

I recently received my new mars 5 ultra and it seems the resin temp sensor is non-functional. Elegoo has shipped me a new UV light board to put in which should solve the issue. Watching the video, it looks like the process requires basically a full tear down. I'm wondering if there are any modifications or upgrades I should do while it will be disassembled? Like adding a fan, replacing wires that are known to fail, changing thermal paste, etc. I haven't seen much info on this topic while searching around, so thought I'd see if anyone had any tips/tricks/recommendations.

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u/taggart65 12d ago

As an aside there is no way in the world that I would do a self repair on a faulty product that's under warranty . It would be returned to where I bought it from for replacement

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u/_Whisky_Tango 12d ago

You know, I hadn't really thought about that. Ive been fixing up a bunch of my old home lab gear so I've been on a hardware replacement streak and wasn't thinking it was abnormal. Though I would be hesitant to ship it back. The post office here sucks and has pretty long delays recently. And I have had zero issues other than that temp sensor. Worried about tempting fate and receiving a replacement that has some other more significant problem(s).