Aren't switchers wonderful? You don't have to go the expensive route though... Most switchers will quite happily put out enough power to run the nuvi and tracker... The nuvi after all being a usb device will happily live on 0.5 A (and way less then that when not charging the battery), and the tracker will run on fumes compared to that.. So the circuit out of these will work just as well:* *http://tinyurl.com/lft35l ... (Not plugging any vendor, that just happened to be the first one that came up with the search..)
p Dan Zubey wrote: > Well, it finally happened. > > After a month of 100F+ degree temps in phoenix, the LM7805 powering both > my tracker and Nuvi 350 finally is giving up the ghost. > > However, I found this gem: > > http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9275 > > I plan to replace the regulator with that *tiny* DC-DC module. > > Just thought I'd share. > > -Dan > > - > Dan Zubey > Indahmar Technology > http://www.indahmar.com > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
