Have you cratered your tip recently? I was having lots of problems similar to yours that were solved when I put in a new tip

“Fail early, fail often”

I feel like getting fed up with an Ender 3 is a rite of passage among this community that I am more than glad to skip :P

I have zero experience with other 3d printers. So far I’m pretty impressed

Ah, i see what you mean…

I looked it up and I swear there’s already a beefy connector there, but I might have missed it. I’m not home now but I’ll check again. Thanks for the tip!

Be careful, if we keep talking about triggers in a 3d printing forum the ATF is gonna show up