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Posted by Joel on June 9, 2010, 11:28 am



> 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?
>
> So--- any opinions on this?

        I don't have any opinion, but I can tell you that the Garmin GPS can get
pretty hot when facing the hot windshield. It's warm in the cool day, but I
don't pay much attention to it (just happen to have my hand on them after
around decade using 6 Garmin GPSes)

Posted by Peter H. Coffin on June 9, 2010, 9:15 pm


On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:47:53 -0400, 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?

Sounds pretty normal to me. The 785 warms up quite nicely after about 20
minutes. It's doing a LOT of things while it's jacked in, has all the
juice it wants, and is working hard, much more so than when it's sitting
on a desk, on battery, or mostly snoozing plugged into a computer.
Internal temp guage usually reads in the upper 30s after driving for a
while.

--
80. If my weakest troops fail to eliminate a hero, I will send out my
best troops instead of wasting time with progressively stronger
ones as he gets closer and closer to my fortress.
        --Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord

Posted by H@n Zijsp@n on June 10, 2010, 4:44 am



> Sounds pretty normal to me. The 785 warms up quite nicely after about 20
> minutes. It's doing a LOT of things while it's jacked in, has all the
> juice it wants, and is working hard, much more so than when it's sitting
> on a desk, on battery, or mostly snoozing plugged into a computer.
> Internal temp guage usually reads in the upper 30s after driving for a
> while.

No, no, no. You must understand that this thread is concerning the
255W ;-)

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