Battery for c550
Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:51pm
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My c550 dies down after about half an hour on battery power, that's why I always keep it connected to the car charger. Does anyone else have the same issue? Has anyone tried replacing the battery themselves? Thanks.
BATTERY
My c550 dies down after about half an hour on battery power, that's why I always keep it connected to the car charger. Does anyone else have the same issue? Has anyone tried replacing the battery themselves? Thanks.
how long have you had it? if under a year call Garmin!
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Battery replacement
If worse comes to worst, replacing the battery should not be too big a job. I've replaced batteries in two of my PDA's and it's pretty simple. Caveat: I don't have a C550 so I don't know what kind of battery it uses. But from the looks of it, there's more room inside than there is in a PDA.
"Recalculating... drive 0.2 miles, then abandon vehicle." ------------- [ETrex Venture CX; Nüvi 40; Drive 52]
User replacement is possible...
Has anyone tried replacing the battery themselves?
Probably the most difficult part of the task, is finding a battery supplier
There's only 4 screws holding the unit together - the back half of the case contains the battery and speakers. They are all connected to the same plug that connects to the main board in the front half.
So you've got to:
EDIT:
It's actually very, very similar to this procedure detailed here, for the C3xx:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=67938
That particular battery appears to have been supplied with tags - and the author survived soldering them ... so there's presumably no problem with heat...
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thanks everyone!
how long have you had it? if under a year call Garmin!
i actually called them when it was still under warranty, and they said that i needed to charge it with an external adapter, that the car adapter only maintained current charge. i didn't quite understand that but i said, ok i'll give it a shot. well, it still didn't work and before i knew it, I had passed my warrant period.
thank you all for the reply. i'll try to tinker around with my Garmin to find out what type of battery it uses and if i could order it online.
dsorgnzd and hornbyp, thanks for the tips. i'll post here once i replace my battery.
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they said that i needed to charge it with an external adapter, that the car adapter only maintained current charge.
They do talk some nonsense, sometimes How much more external can you get?
The car adapter is just straight-through; no active components at all.
BTW - if you hold your thumb on the "Time" for 6 or 7 seconds, so that the Diagnostics are displayed - the first page on the C5xx has some rudimentary battery-state information.
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