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Garmin 60Csx Batteries
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| Anybody knows if,
I use rechargeable batteries in the unit,
and, i use the power adapter, this will charge the batteries too or not?
Thnx
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| Mark Olson 2006-09-20, 12:33 pm |
| Gip < bbarnabaRIMUOVI@lhot
mail.com> wrote:
> Anybody knows if,
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> I use rechargeable batteries in the unit,
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> and, i use the power adapter, this will charge the batteries too or not?
Doubtful in the extreme-- since the spec page says:
Battery life: 18 hours (typical use) using two AA alkaline batteries
How would the unit know what type of battery you had installed? If it
tried to charge alkaline cells they might catch fire, so no, I am quite
sure it does not charge the battery when using the power adapter.
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| Heinrich Pfeifer 2006-09-20, 12:33 pm |
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"Mark Olson" <olsonm@tiny.invalid> wrote in
news:12h2nue84572r57
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> Gip < bbarnabaRIMUOVI@lhot
mail.com> wrote:
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> Doubtful in the extreme-- since the spec page says:
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> Battery life: 18 hours (typical use) using two AA alkaline batteries
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> How would the unit know what type of battery you had installed? If it
> tried to charge alkaline cells they might catch fire, so no, I am quite
> sure it does not charge the battery when using the power adapter.
you're not only shure - you are completely right! Recharcheables must be
charged externally.
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Heinrich
http://www.gartrip.de
mail: new<at>gartrip.de
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| Phil Wheeler 2006-09-20, 3:33 pm |
| Gip wrote:
> Anybody knows if,
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> I use rechargeable batteries in the unit,
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> and, i use the power adapter, this will charge the batteries too or not?
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Not.
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| Helge Olav Helgesen 2006-09-20, 3:33 pm |
| On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:12:03 +0200, Gip < bbarnabaRIMUOVI@lhot
mail.com>
wrote:
> i use the power adapter, this will charge the batteries too or not?
Not :(
But I'd like that feature...
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Helge Olav Helgesen
http://www.helge.net/GPS
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| Phil Wheeler 2006-09-20, 10:33 pm |
| Helge Olav Helgesen wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:12:03 +0200, Gip < bbarnabaRIMUOVI@lhot
mail.com>
> wrote:
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> Not :(
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> But I'd like that feature...
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Likely difficult to achieve with safety .. unless
only one type of battery ( e.g., NiMH) was always
used in the GPSR.
I'd rather not have that constraint.
Phil
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| Helge Olav Helgesen 2006-09-20, 10:33 pm |
| On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:35:03 +0200, Phil Wheeler <wt6uh-ng7@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Likely difficult to achieve with safety .. unless only one type of
> battery ( e.g., NiMH) was always used in the GPSR.
I know. But that *could* be my option to choose to do so.
The unit already got an option to choose between NiMH and alkaline
batteries. Why not change when I say it is rechargable batteries?
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Helge Olav Helgesen
http://www.helge.net/GPS
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| Jack Erbes 2006-09-20, 10:33 pm |
| Helge Olav Helgesen wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:12:03 +0200, Gip < bbarnabaRIMUOVI@lhot
mail.com>
> wrote:
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> Not :(
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> But I'd like that feature...
Too many different kinds of batteries, some are rechargeable, some are
not, some non-rechargeable types will rupture or even explode if you try
to recharge them.
It would take an engineer or a rocket scientist to run the thing unless
the various types batteries could key the identification and setting
selections themselves. It probably wouldn't work.
Jack
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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)
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| Keith Sheppard 2006-09-21, 4:33 am |
| >>The unit already got an option to choose between NiMH and alkaline[color=darkr
ed]
The problem is that someone, somewhere, will forget to change the option
when replacing NiMH with alkalines, plug the unit into the charger (still
forgetting it's got alkalines in it), set fire to the house then sue the
manufacturer.
A charger is a different animal because you would never attempt to put
anything other than rechargables into it unless you were exceptionally
reckless or dumb. If you put alkalines into a charger and then burn the
house down then it would be difficult to sue the manufacturer because he
could use your negligence as a defence.
Keith
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| John Tyson 2006-09-21, 12:33 pm |
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"Keith Sheppard" <keith.sheppard@tesco.net> wrote in message
news:v_rQg.25739$Mh2.9700@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
> The problem is that someone, somewhere, will forget to change the option
> when replacing NiMH with alkalines, plug the unit into the charger (still
> forgetting it's got alkalines in it), set fire to the house then sue the
> manufacturer.
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> A charger is a different animal because you would never attempt to put
> anything other than rechargables into it unless you were exceptionally
> reckless or dumb. If you put alkalines into a charger and then burn the
> house down then it would be difficult to sue the manufacturer because he
> could use your negligence as a defence.
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> Keith
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I have a Uniden handheld scanner that has charging capability built in, but
the manual warns you to be careful about setting the battery type, and the
dealer made a point of warning me about it. I don't know what the history
of people damaging these units has been, but I'm guessing that a few have
been damaged. The added circuitry would add cost and weight, and would be
one more thing to go wrong with the GPSr; overall, I'm happy that they
didn't build in charging capability.
John
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| Helge Olav Helgesen 2006-09-21, 10:33 pm |
| On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:13:27 +0200, Jack Erbes <jackerbes@adelphia.net>
wrote:
> some non-rechargeable types will rupture or even explode if you try to
> recharge them.
I can see why Garmin won't make it then. A little explosion is enough to
get a huge lawsuit against you :)
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Helge Olav Helgesen
http://www.helge.net/GPS
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| Phil Wheeler 2006-09-21, 10:33 pm |
| Helge Olav Helgesen wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:35:03 +0200, Phil Wheeler <wt6uh-ng7@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> I know. But that *could* be my option to choose to do so.
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> The unit already got an option to choose between NiMH and alkaline
> batteries. Why not change when I say it is rechargable batteries?
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Change what?
What if you have Li or Alkalines in it, or even
NiCd, and someone (even you) accidently plugs in
the charger?
No thanks!
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| Badge 714 2006-09-21, 10:33 pm |
| The external supply will not recharge batteries in the Garmin 60Csx.
Neither will the USB cable. You've got to take them out and recharge
them yourself.
Only the Magellan Explorist 400/500/600 have this feature I believe.
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