Coming from a world of Ender 3 machines, I’m use to using wheel locks, ABL and mesh leveling where once I dial it in, I don’t touch it again until something goes wrong. With the ECC I thought the same would apply but the few prints I did where I didn’t do the auto level first, the nozzle was too close and scrapped along the bed. Wondering if people have had a similar experience? I was only using the textured side of the bed and didn’t make any changes in the slicer. Side not, if you want to use the other side (B-smooth) you have to change the elegoo slicer setting to bed type, cool smooth plate. Took me way to long to figure that out.
You should always allow the automatic bed leveling before every print. This allows for the machine to compensate for the variations from print to print. This is why machines like the Ender 3 always had so much trouble with the first layer. And even with ABL added to it, turning it off and waiting until something goes wrong is like playing Russian Roulette. At some you know are going to die.
So, if your ABL is turned off, then turn it back on and stop playing Russian Roulette. Know before you go!