Hi All, Just remember to check the condition of your GPS batteries occasionally.
I had the unhappy experience of leaving the 196 plugged into the 12 volt supply for a very long time. The batteries leaked and ate up a spring in the battery compartment. Heck of a cleanup job.....now I always have a nagging thought that maybe some of the crud is in there eating something else up. Bob D. N3047H "Honey" KSVE --- In [email protected], Hartmut Beil <hb...@...> wrote: > > > Bart. > > > > You don't need to take out the internal batteries in the Garmin. > > > > It will smartly recognize your external power supply and switch to it. Thu > saving the internal batteries for emergency use. > > > > > > > > Hartmut > > > > To: [email protected] > From: bbart...@... > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:17:47 +0000 > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Programming the Garmin GPS to show the Voltage > field > > > > > > I did it too. My voltage shows 7-8 volts with the battery installed in the > GPS (296) so I assume I should take the internal GPS battery out to read bus > voltage from the battery. I have mine hooked up to a cigarette lighter > outlet. I'll try taking the GPS battery out tomorrow and see what happens. > Bart > > --- In [email protected], "Donald" <DonGeneda@> wrote:
