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Electronics Forum / Electronics / October 2004I Need A Batter Spring/Plate For A Device.
I have a portable electronic navigation system - a Pilot III from Garmin- which I use to find my way around the counties in the state where I work. It operates via batteries or by pluging it into the cigarette lighter. While using the navigation system, the batteries exploded. As I removed the batteries from the battery compartment, I accidently broke off the 1 inch-by-half inch metal plate -with half-inch springs on it- attached to the edge of the battery compartment. I lost that part and and I need it replaced. I have been to Radio Shack, an auto parts accesory store, and a hardware store and none of them have that piece. Does anyone know how and where I can get this simple piece that has been getting considerbly more difficult to obtain than I had anticipated? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. -DavidPI73@aol.com >I have a portable electronic navigation system - a Pilot III from Garmin- which >I use to find my way around the counties in the state where I work. It operates [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >-DavidPI73@aol.com Have you written to Garmin? Garmin International Inc. 1200 E. 151st Street Olathe, KS 66062 Phone: (913) 397-8200 Fax: (913) 397-8282 The III series contains the very first GPS chip I designed. It's a power hog. The newer versions are much better and MUCH cheaper. I'd just buy a new one. Like the SiRF Earthmate unit (also one of my chip designs :) you can get with Street Atlas USA 2004 for $129.95 total (software and Earthmate). ...Jim Thompson | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. "DavidPI73" <davidpi73@aol.com> wrote' > I have a ... Pilot III from Garmin ... I ... broke off the ... > ... metal plate [in the battery compartment] with ... springs > where [can I] get [a replacement]? Why not Garmin? Have you given them a call / emailed?  SignatureNicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics. Remove spaces etc. to reply: n o lindan at net com dot com |
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