Colibri Failures.

[Stan Kochanowski]

Martin,

I had a similar problem with my old GR1000.

This was due to (rechargable) internal battery failure
- which needed to be topped up regularly - every month
in practice.

The Colibri has a Lithium internal battery which 'will
need to be replaced after several years'.
Perhaps it is this battery that is responsible for
your troubles (but failing once a year would seem to
be unlucky).

I understand that the Garmin 12 has a similar problem
and one of my friends, who has had to have the internal
battery replaced, has been advised to switch the unit
on periodically (for some time and preferably using
an outside 12 volt DC source) to keep the internal
battery sweet.

Stan.
UK.

[Mal.com]

Dear Stan,

Please refrain from making a new thread regarding the same topic.

by using reply group this will be achieved !


"Stan Kochanowski" >
wrote in message ...
> Martin,
>
> I had a similar problem with my old GR1000.
>
> This was due to (rechargable) internal battery failure
> - which needed to be topped up regularly - every month
> in practice.
>
> The Colibri has a Lithium internal battery which 'will
> need to be replaced after several years'.
> Perhaps it is this battery that is responsible for
> your troubles (but failing once a year would seem to
> be unlucky).
>
> I understand that the Garmin 12 has a similar problem
> and one of my friends, who has had to have the internal
> battery replaced, has been advised to switch the unit
> on periodically (for some time and preferably using
> an outside 12 volt DC source) to keep the internal
> battery sweet.
>
> Stan.
> UK.
>
>
>

[Tim Newport-Peace]

X-no-archive: yes

Continuing an old thread rather than starting a new one <G>

In article >, Stan Kochanowski <REMOVE_TO
> writes
>Martin,
>
>I had a similar problem with my old GR1000.
>
>This was due to (rechargable) internal battery failure
>- which needed to be topped up regularly - every month
>in practice.

The internal battery in a GR1000 is a Nickel-Cadmium type and should
last several months, however NiCD does have a relatively high self-
discharge rate. If you are only getting one month's life then it would
seem that the battery has reached the end of it's life (which as we all
know happens to a NiCD battery if not allowed to fully discharge at
intervals).

Speak to your Print-Technik supplier. He should be able to upgrade it to
a GR1000A which changes the battery to a Lithium type and also upgrades
the firmware.
>
>The Colibri has a Lithium internal battery which 'will
>need to be replaced after several years'.
>Perhaps it is this battery that is responsible for
>your troubles (but failing once a year would seem to
>be unlucky).

I would agree. I would expect at least five years and probably up to 10.

It is just possible that a faulty battery has been replaced by another
faulty battery but another possibility is that there is a failed
component on the PCB that is draining the battery.

This should all be fixable.

Tim Newport-Peace

"Indecision is the Key to Flexibility."