Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This was a close call - I'm not sure how close we were to going up in smoke, but it's definitely not pretty! As always we're brought to you by PCBWay.com/?from=atomic

I was just about to do some 3D printing and I took a look behind the printer. Good job I did! Apparently, this is a known issue (discovered about 5 years ago) with some Ender3 printers. But I knew nothing about it until now.

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