So I have had a small Garmin GPS for years. Made a nice mount for it on my bike. It would hold a battery charge. This last trip it was acting up. It would turn off periodically and then back on after a while. Loose connection? Maybe part of my electric problems with the bike?
It did work the whole trip so there's that.
Back home I start looking into a new one then discover that the battery can be purchased and replaced. This may be the problem. So for$30 I get a new one delivered. Instructions state that the old battery is glued in so a hair dryer to the back of the unit will soften the glue. This is after I slit the case in two and they are only attached by a flimsy plastic sheet with electrical connectors molded in. In my movement of heating turning over and back...well you guessed it. The circuit board connector came off. It doesn't snap back in...and is formed over the years in such a way that the part that would make any connection is folded under itself.
So on to a new unit and making a new mount for the bike and wiring it to the bike. And so it goes.....
It did work the whole trip so there's that.
Back home I start looking into a new one then discover that the battery can be purchased and replaced. This may be the problem. So for$30 I get a new one delivered. Instructions state that the old battery is glued in so a hair dryer to the back of the unit will soften the glue. This is after I slit the case in two and they are only attached by a flimsy plastic sheet with electrical connectors molded in. In my movement of heating turning over and back...well you guessed it. The circuit board connector came off. It doesn't snap back in...and is formed over the years in such a way that the part that would make any connection is folded under itself.
So on to a new unit and making a new mount for the bike and wiring it to the bike. And so it goes.....