# Operating temperatur From 2?

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/operating-temperatur-from-2/23112>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 18, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/operating-temperatur-from-2/23112 "2019-04-18T13:52:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![PrintMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PrintMan](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/PrintMan)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/operating-temperatur-from-2/23112/1 "2019-04-18T13:52:35Z")

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Just wanted to ask a quick question: How hot does the Form 2 get on the outside of the aluminum case? I printed my first print (though resin, it took 3,5h) and I noticed that the Form 2 was very warm on the outside. Is this normal?

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**Author:** ![DKirch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/dkirch/32/20300_2.png) [@DKirch](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/DKirch)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/operating-temperatur-from-2/23112/2 "2019-04-18T15:53:11Z")

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Hey there @PrintMan!

It’s obviously tough to know for myself how hot is “too hot” but we could expect the outside of the Form 2 to get a little warm during printing due to the heating system running inside the printer.

That being said, if it feels very hot, even remotely too hot to touch that’s a problem and I would recommend contacting our support team. You can contact them either way if you just want to be sure. 🙂

[https://support.formlabs.com/s/contact-support?language=en\_US](https://support.formlabs.com/s/contact-support?language=en_US)