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Re: Garmin GPS Batteries



OK..I give...what is a GPS unit?????? If it's one of those satellite
tracking devices, my next question is...how did we get along all these years
without them:>))) And if your batteries do die..does that mean you're
lost????

----- Original Message -----
From: Don Pollock <donp@dcr.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 9:23 PM
Subject: RC: Garmin GPS Batteries


>
> Topic Number: 9
> I picked this up on another board I subscribe to.  I think this is
something
> those of you out there who use GPS units when you ride should know.
Particularly
> those using the Garmin GPS units.
>
>
> <snip>
> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 21:33:34 -0400
> To: cavers@ditell.com
> From: Eric McMaster <mcmaster@mindspring.com>
> Subject: Garmin Problem
>
>
> Since more and more people are using Garmin GPS units I thought I'd pass
> along something I learned the hard way.
>
> The internal lithium backup battery on my Garmin GPS unit (3 years old)
> died on me. It is suppose to last 10+years. Now I have to reprogram the
> unit everytime I change batteries. Dale Green clued me in that that Garmin
> uses a rechargeable backup battery in their GPS units.
>
> Keep good AA batteries in Garmins at all times. I had a habit of leaving
> dead batteries in my Garmin for long lengths of time. This cycle of
> draining and recharging the backup battery finally did it in.
>
> This is NOT documented in the manual!!!!!
>
> (the battery is a vanadium pentoxide lithium, Panasonic VL1220)
>
> -Eric McMaster
>
>
> End of Cavers Digest 5677
> *********************************



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