V16 Longevity

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mi_dude33
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V16 Longevity

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Hello all.

Wondering if anyone else has experience a failure with their V16.

We just lost our 2nd V16 today. The plane came with a V16 when we bought it and that one failed after about 3 years (according to the installation date in the log). We replaced it with a new V16 and that one failed today at just under 3 years of age.

We have good voltage on pins 24 and 25 (~13.5v) and are using an AVIOGuard on the buss. But the power LED is no longer on and the Razor says "COM device not available". It just popped up mid-flight when we tried to change the channel.

Thanks
G3 Challenger/Explorer
V16/Razor
SP-6/SP-7
Garmin GTX-327
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