Thermopile Setup Gone Bad?

Just wanted to see if anyone out there had a ArduPilot/thermopile setup go bad?  Mine was working fine and had about a dozen successful flights under its belt.  No crash landings or anything severe happening to the plane.  The next flight on startup the servos all begin to jitter and act funny.  Moving the orientation of the plane sometimes helps but doesn't fix the problem.  I was able to fly it a few more times like this but it seemed to get worse and now the Thermopile setup is nonfunctional.  Everytime it starts up, after its initial startup, the servos go crazy and nothing seems to help/fix it.  I've replaced and moved wire positions, I've replaced both the ArduPilot board and the airspeed sensor, I've tried different receivers to no avail.  Could this be caused by broken/damaged thermopile sensors?  Has anyone experienced something similiar to this?

Thanks!

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  • Developer
    Can you load some other code such as the sensor tester? Do you get smooth IR reads? Do the servos twitch?
  • Developer
    You have a bad connection in the connector or wire...
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