I think the go away and think approach has pretty good merit. It is like the best advice for recovering a bogged 4WD. "Have a cuppa first" Lets you think a bit rather than barging in and making things worse.
But then on the other hand, a couple of months ago I set up and found no power! Turned out that the tiny little lockring on the cigarette lighter adapter for the mount had come undone allowing the positive contact, lockring, fuse and tension spring to ping away into the grass somewhere on my 100M walk from the garage to the observing spot. A couple of minutes backtracking (In the dark) and there they all were!
Can't imagine I will ever do that again.
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