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Well after reading on here I decided to wire my Garmin Montana's powered cradle to the wires behind the headlights.
I soldered the wires and installed the cradle. Fired up the sled and no voltage to GPS! Took it all apart, voltage tested the wires, good, voltage tested the cradle, good. Tried a buddy's Montana and it was charging!
So I re wires and soldered it again. And sure enough his GPS charges mine won't. We go out on a 2 day ride and I use his GPS and he keeps mine in his pocket. Halfway though day 2 his stops charging (and the lighting bolt on the screen blinks). Put my GPS on the cradle and it works!
Finish the ride with my GPS. Then I went on another 2 day ride expecting it to stop working halfway along but it never did... What could the problem be? Unstable voltage?
Have been thinking about adding a battery for auxiliary LED lighting. Maybe this would fix it? Never had this issue all last season with the cradle wired to my ski Doo summit.
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I soldered the wires and installed the cradle. Fired up the sled and no voltage to GPS! Took it all apart, voltage tested the wires, good, voltage tested the cradle, good. Tried a buddy's Montana and it was charging!
So I re wires and soldered it again. And sure enough his GPS charges mine won't. We go out on a 2 day ride and I use his GPS and he keeps mine in his pocket. Halfway though day 2 his stops charging (and the lighting bolt on the screen blinks). Put my GPS on the cradle and it works!
Finish the ride with my GPS. Then I went on another 2 day ride expecting it to stop working halfway along but it never did... What could the problem be? Unstable voltage?
Have been thinking about adding a battery for auxiliary LED lighting. Maybe this would fix it? Never had this issue all last season with the cradle wired to my ski Doo summit.
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