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That's how I read it too. Struggling to understand why it gets stuck.

I was trying to update my G5 with the IGRF update. I followed the instructions (at least I believe I did). SD card has the garmin folder off the root directory. Inserted in the G5 and selected "update". It tries to reboot and I see a message: "CAN data" with a spinner. It won't move forward. I...

It is. Took her up tonight for an hour and she worked perfectly. Such a joy when doing cross country flights. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And the culprit was …. Alternator. After tests we replaced it and the new unit was putting out amps and voltage correctly. Confirmed on the way home when my autopilot was working rock solid. The Altitude hold would never work right. Thought it was a servo. With the new alternator putting out...

He was trying to get me home and then be prepared in case it is the alternator. He intends to go through looking for bad connections or something else before installing the new alternator. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So I don’t think it’s the battery. Today I went up and suddenly the load meter went to 0. I thought that it was just not needing the alternator. On my G5 I had a warning that the data bus had a hardware fault. I didn’t put 2 and 2 together, but knew something was wrong. Btw, I bought a little...

The clouds were beautiful, but the nope-o-meter was hitting pretty high and I stayed on the ground. Still, they were really beautiful, even if they were dangerous.

For gauges, I have the Piper voltmeter but that’s it. I noticed that it was reading higher lately. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Reinstalled the battery and she fired right up. I’ll be keeping an eye on it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Charged overnight. Didn’t get a chance to put it back in the plane tonight due to weather. It charged all night. Was down to the trickle charge draw this morning. Plan on reinstalling it tomorrow and testing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

12v at the battery. Going to put it on the charger Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve been flying a lot of short hops lately (around 30min) and I wonder if it might not be enough time to recharge the battery after the start. Maybe I have been slowly discharging it over the last month. I’ve really only done 2 long hops in the last month. In another thread someone said they...

Learning that… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Went out this morning. Would struggle to turn over and then just clicking. I checked the battery box and it’s a Concorde g25 sealed battery so no issue with water. I bought a portable charger/jump box and it’s charging now. Even if it’s not the issue, I figure it’s a good thing to have since...

Thanks all. I’m going flying in the morning and will report back. I described it as “obviously low” because it started behaving like a car with a near-dead battery. Maybe that’s not the case, just that the compressions came up when it was warm and the battery was low from the previous crank...

Plane has copper cables Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Went to fly tonight. Started up and was going through checklist and I didn’t remember removing the chocks. Stopped the engine and double checked. No chocks so back in the plane. This time it wouldn’t start. Obviously low battery. I checked the logs when I got home and it was replaced 4/2021...

Wouldn’t happen to be a Skybolt? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A couple other pics from the 7-11 flight. Too good not to share.