Mountain Time
Active Member
Last week I fired up the plane and saw that the G5 did not power up along with the G3XT and rest of the avionics. No sign of life at all, and no response to various efforts at button pushing. So I taxied back to the hangar to do some diagnostics.
Cycling the master and avionics power did nothing. I checked the connector on the G5 and it was securely in place. I disconnected the connector and the pitot-static tubes, pulled the G5 out of the panel, and checked for power and ground at the connector - both were good.
Plugged the connector back in and voila - the G5 powers up normally, and its backup battery shows ~98% charged. Appears to be working normally after several power on/off cycles, though I've not yet flown it due to our wonderful weather here in the Seattle area.
I could not find any info in the Garmin documentation or online that would explain this event, or that explains a "reboot" type of action to be performed if this happens again.
Any suggestions from the Garmin-knowledgeable folks? G3Expert???
Thanks -
John
Cycling the master and avionics power did nothing. I checked the connector on the G5 and it was securely in place. I disconnected the connector and the pitot-static tubes, pulled the G5 out of the panel, and checked for power and ground at the connector - both were good.
Plugged the connector back in and voila - the G5 powers up normally, and its backup battery shows ~98% charged. Appears to be working normally after several power on/off cycles, though I've not yet flown it due to our wonderful weather here in the Seattle area.
I could not find any info in the Garmin documentation or online that would explain this event, or that explains a "reboot" type of action to be performed if this happens again.
Any suggestions from the Garmin-knowledgeable folks? G3Expert???
Thanks -
John