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  Re: Garmin now in the Hand Warmer business?
| Peter H. Coffin | 06-09-2010 |
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My US nuvi 255W is a few months old and has started to run pretty warm
operating on the battery and hot when plugged into the car.
Not in sunlight, car has A/C on, unit mounted in bracket with ample
ventilation.
Normal behavior-- or time to contact tech support?
Shaun wrote:
So--- any opinions on this?
> Shaun wrote:
> > My US nuvi 255W is a few months old and has started to run pretty warm
> > operating on the battery and hot when plugged into the car.
> > Not in sunlight, car has A/C on, unit mounted in bracket with ample
> > ventilation.
> > Normal behavior-- or time to contact tech support?
> > operating on the battery and hot when plugged into the car.
> > Not in sunlight, car has A/C on, unit mounted in bracket with ample
> > ventilation.
> > Normal behavior-- or time to contact tech support?
> So--- any opinions on this?
How about your computer. Is that cold when you use it?
H@n Zijsp@n wrote:
>> Shaun wrote:
>>> My US nuvi 255W is a few months old and has started to run pretty warm
>>> operating on the battery and hot when plugged into the car.
>>> Not in sunlight, car has A/C on, unit mounted in bracket with ample
>>> ventilation.
>>> Normal behavior-- or time to contact tech support?
>>> operating on the battery and hot when plugged into the car.
>>> Not in sunlight, car has A/C on, unit mounted in bracket with ample
>>> ventilation.
>>> Normal behavior-- or time to contact tech support?
>> So--- any opinions on this?
>
> How about your computer. Is that cold when you use it?
> How about your computer. Is that cold when you use it?
Warm of course, but what got my attention with the GPS is the recent
*increase* in operating temp...
> Shaun wrote:
>> My US nuvi 255W is a few months old and has started to run pretty warm
>> operating on the battery and hot when plugged into the car.
>> Not in sunlight, car has A/C on, unit mounted in bracket with ample
>> ventilation.
>> Normal behavior-- or time to contact tech support?
>> operating on the battery and hot when plugged into the car.
>> Not in sunlight, car has A/C on, unit mounted in bracket with ample
>> ventilation.
>> Normal behavior-- or time to contact tech support?
> So--- any opinions on this?
If you go into the diagnostics (by holding the battery icon for 7 seconds),
one of the things it tells you is the internal temperature. This might help
quantify how warm 'pretty warm' is...
By way of comparison, I just had a look at a Nüvi 760 after 30 minutes
running - temperature was 36deg C.
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> operating on the battery and hot when plugged into the car.
>
> Not in sunlight, car has A/C on, unit mounted in bracket with ample
> ventilation.
>
> Normal behavior-- or time to contact tech support?