Bambu should offer an X1C to X1E-Lite upgrade aka higher temp hotend

Bambu Lab X Series Bambu Lab X1C
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We need a hotend and hotend board upgrade for higher temp filaments like PPS. I have read that higher watt heaters can hurt the hotend board since it is limited to 48W. I have been going in circles trying to find an aftermarket hotend that can reach 320°C or higher, but have not been able to find anything that appears would fill my needs. I understand the firmware also limits the value input for the max temp to 300°C, so firmware would also need to change. I would love for Bambu to offer an “upgrade” for existing X1C users to get close to an X1E hotends capabilities.

If anyone knows a way to do all of this without Bambu’s help, please let me know.
I am probably repeated a question that has been asked for years, idk.
JW

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Welcome to the community.

There is a third party mod that will do this but it comes with strings attached. See this recent post on that topic.
https://forum.bambulab.com/t/p1s-scaled-nozzle-heater-bed-temp-deregulator/159054/15

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It’s an easy mod that the 2a community has been using for some time now. If you’ve got a soldering iron and some then you can easily mod it yourself.

You can Google “Bambu P1S/X1C Resistor mod for higher temperatures.” to see some more information on the subject. In short, you solder a 33ohm resistor to one the thermistor’s leads.

I’m not doing PPS yet so haven’t had to do it. Not sure if I’ll do it on the stock nozzle or obxidian.