TIL a bad ground on a Garmin G1000 can hide as a random comms drop

Took me 6 hours to trace it back to a single corroded pin in the main rack connector. Anyone ever have a gremlin that simple waste a whole afternoon?

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robin_schmidt5728d ago

Remember that feeling @eric_hunt64 described, the paranoia after a weird fix? After I chased a flickering nav light to a bad crimp, I started questioning every single bulb and switch for a week. Does that hyper-vigilance ever really go away, or do you just learn to ignore the new phantom clicks and hums?

saraht771mo ago

Worst part is you fix it and then second guess every other intermittent fault for months.

eric_hunt641mo ago

My old Ford Ranger had a check engine light that would come on every third Tuesday. Replaced the oxygen sensor, the whole deal. For the next six months I was convinced every little noise was the transmission falling out. It makes you paranoid. You start hearing problems that aren't even there.