+ThePetrifiedWood Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I am attempting to charge a NiMh pack in the 64st. This pack is not a Garmin one, but ti is NiMh and it does have the little plastic clips that hold the cells together and activate the switch inside the battery compartment. I looked in the owner's manual and could not find anything about how to tell when the battery is fully charged. Right now it is just a big cell with a lightning bolt and 4 green blocks that scroll from left to right. It has been doing this for a few hours now. How long does it take to fully charge, and how does it indicate a full charge? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+mikeD Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I am attempting to charge a NiMh pack in the 64st. This pack is not a Garmin one, but ti is NiMh and it does have the little plastic clips that hold the cells together and activate the switch inside the battery compartment. I looked in the owner's manual and could not find anything about how to tell when the battery is fully charged. Right now it is just a big cell with a lightning bolt and 4 green blocks that scroll from left to right. It has been doing this for a few hours now. How long does it take to fully charge, and how does it indicate a full charge? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+mikeD Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I use the Garmin batteries. It takes about 6 hours to fully charge and the rippling battery icon will go solid It matters not what power of charger you use,beit 1amp or 3amp, the time is the same I have found that after 2-3 hours there is a good solid charge there. Good to know if one had forgotten to give it a full charge Mike Quote Link to comment
+ThePetrifiedWood Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 I use the Garmin batteries. It takes about 6 hours to fully charge and the rippling battery icon will go solid It matters not what power of charger you use,beit 1amp or 3amp, the time is the same I have found that after 2-3 hours there is a good solid charge there. Good to know if one had forgotten to give it a full charge Mike Thanks! That's just what I wanted to know. I wonder why they didn't put it in the manual? The manual that came with my 60csx was like a small book. This one was more of a pamphlet, and it was the full manual, not the quick start guide. Quote Link to comment
+mikeD Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I think you have the quick start manual. The full manual can be found here, they are usually download only https://support.garmin.com/support/manuals/searchManuals.faces This will take you to the Garmin manual search page. Just select from the combo box choices , there are 4 -,5 screens to go through The manual has 18 packed pages If that link does not work go directly to it then google Garmin 64s manual Quote Link to comment
+ThePetrifiedWood Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 I think you have the quick start manual. The full manual can be found here, they are usually download only https://support.garmin.com/support/manuals/searchManuals.faces This will take you to the Garmin manual search page. Just select from the combo box choices , there are 4 -,5 screens to go through The manual has 18 packed pages If that link does not work go directly to it then google Garmin 64s manual That is the manual I was referring to. Not the one that comes in the box, but the full manual you download from Garmin. I didn't see anything in it about how to tell when the battery pack is charged. Just that you should fully charge it before using it. Quote Link to comment
+mikeD Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It is fully charged when the four ' blobs ' stop rippling that is all shown at once. FWIW. I find the Garmin charge meter is not accurate and have told them so. After less than one hour the full charge indicator drops from full to half full. Garmin have ignored me but the unit will still run on for at least 10 hours Quote Link to comment
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