Bed Thermistor

I want to swap out my heatbed for a black one, so I need to buy a new thermistor. I noticed in marlin, the thermistor used for the bed is labelled as "for bed only". I was wondering...can I use a different thermistor on the list for the bed? Because that specific thermistor isn't as common as the others.

Yes you can use a different thermistor. I use those because they are cheaper than the ones used on the extruder, but they only go up to ~150C because they are epoxy beads rather than glass.

Beware that a lot of tables in Marlin are wildly inaccurate, which is why I made my own for the thermistors I use. You could use the one I use on the extruder as that is common and I made an accurate table for it.

PM me if you want to buy a thermistor.

What is the advantage of a black bed?

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@BrianC
Are you referring to this: [www.panucatt.com] ?

Alan

Ok thanks, I'll use the one found in the hotend. I would buy the thermistor from you, but that's all I need at the moment and I can't justify shipping one thermistor from UK to US. And swapping the bed for a black one is purely for looks.

Alan, I'm looking at some black versions of the mk2 on ebay.