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Battery Pack for 2610
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| I stopped using maps long ago but was caught out on Sunday for the first
time. I was driving for an artic for a food haulier and they had
disconnected all the cigarette lighters in the cab. I would have been OK
with the SP3 but the 2610, as you know, has no battery supply.
Is there an option to connect a "pack"? What's the best way of making
something up that will be fairly compact but over a couple of hrs of use?
Thanks,
Mark
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| Bill Cotton 2005-07-18, 9:55 am |
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"Mark" <mpeard@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I stopped using maps long ago but was caught out on Sunday for the first
> time. I was driving for an artic for a food haulier and they had
> disconnected all the cigarette lighters in the cab. I would have been OK
> with the SP3 but the 2610, as you know, has no battery supply.
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> Is there an option to connect a "pack"? What's the best way of making
> something up that will be fairly compact but over a couple of hrs of use?
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> Thanks,
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> Mark
This is a 12 volts NiML pack mounted on my bicycle
http://www.billcotton.com/ bicycle%.../>
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this pack is from
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.a...TS&Category=258
I also have ten cell AA holders that I used.
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| 4.vic.healey@gmail.com 2005-07-18, 4:55 pm |
| I bought several yellow car starting battery packs from the PILOT
Truck stop last year. These can be charged from a 12 volt system or at
home with an included 110 volt AC wall wart. I keep these in my
various cars but when faced with a tractor that has no decent power
outlet I use them on the road. These both have two 12 volt 'lighter'
recpetacles on the top in additional to the two built in jumper cables.
I have run the Garmin 2610 and my XM radio from these for days.
I have seen these for more money at various auto supply stores all
around Atlanta witht he highest retail price possible of less than $50.
I got mine for half that.
The only downside is that these a fairly heavy for their small size
since they include a lead acid battery. I don't think one would want
to carry them camping along with camping gear for very long.
One of these included an air compressor for inflating tires also. I
paid $10 extra for that one. All in all I think I got a big bang for my
buck with these.
Here is a link to that type of product on Amazon.com...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...motive&n=507846
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| "Mark" <mpeard@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
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No battery? what a disadvantage it is! I am pretty sure you can just
connect it to any 6-12V DC, and it should work.
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$30 which you can use for car emergency and for your 2610 too.
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| Galoubet 2005-07-19, 9:55 am |
| On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:16:15 GMT, "Mark" <mpeard@blueyonder.co.uk>
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>Is there an option to connect a "pack"? What's the best way of making
>something up that will be fairly compact but over a couple of hrs of use?
BMW make a rechargeable battery pack for their motorbike Navigator II.
This is the same unit as the 2610 but it's supplied with a cradle with
additional buttons for gloved use.
See http://www.bmw-motorrad.com/com/en/index.html
The battery pack cost around 130 UKP, recharges in 4 hours and has a 6
hour power life. It's very light and compact and clips on the back of
the 2610 unit. It has sprung connectors that connect to the 2610
terminals. It's obviously made by Garmin. I have one.
That's the positive side. However, I've tried 2 units and they don't
hold any charge so either there is no battery in them (hence their
light weight!) or there is something very strange going on.
I've returned one to BMW and got the (non-working) replacement. I've
been waiting over 2 months for a final (working) replacement. So I
guess there is a real problem with the battery pack.
Here's hoping.
Galoubet
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| "4.vic.healey@gmail.com" <4.vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The only downside is that these a fairly heavy for their small size
> since they include a lead acid battery. I don't think one would want
> to carry them camping along with camping gear for very long.
I think it's still much lighter than carrying the car <g>. For carrying
around, I would think a cheap Camcorder's battery with the cig lighter
solder to it would do the trick.
Or just anything can hold 6-8 AA rechargeable batteries would do.
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| Ivor Jones 2005-07-24, 2:01 pm |
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"Joel" <Joel@NoSpam.plz> wrote in message
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"4.vic.healey@gmail.com" <4.vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote:
> The only downside is that these a fairly heavy for their small size
> since they include a lead acid battery. I don't think one would want
> to carry them camping along with camping gear for very long.
I think it's still much lighter than carrying the car <g>. For carrying
around, I would think a cheap Camcorder's battery with the cig lighter
solder to it would do the trick.
Or just anything can hold 6-8 AA rechargeable batteries would do.
I wouldn't think the 2610 would last long on AA cells, it's quite a
current-heavy device I believe. You can get 2.5AH AA's now but even so I'd
prefer something with slightly more capacity.
Ivor
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> Ivor
I think it may only last for around 3-4 hours? Also, now you can by
2500ma battery (6 of them would give you 15,000ma) and it would last for
5-6+ hours??
Oh, I see you have mentioned 2.5AH
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