Guest gnbrotz Posted November 25, 2001 Share Posted November 25, 2001 Can you point me to some websites or other sources for a "non-Garmin" 12V power supply for the etrex line. I think I can pay shipping and still come in lower than buying the name brand off the shelf. Thanks in advance. ------------------ Greg N39°54.705' W077°33.137' My geocaching page Quote Link to comment
Guest mcb Posted November 25, 2001 Share Posted November 25, 2001 Can you be more specific. Are you trying to make a power supply to plug into a wall outlet to run your GPS? Do you want to run it off you car? Do you have a unit that takes the round connector on the 12 or III+ or do you have an eMap/eTrex style connector? Does your unit take unregulated power like the III+ or 12xl does it need 8V like the 12 or 3v like the eTrex units? I'd bet you can make your own cheaper. I do not know of any third party companies that are making one specificly for Garmin units. Later mcb Quote Link to comment
Guest gnbrotz Posted November 25, 2001 Share Posted November 25, 2001 quote:Originally posted by mcb:Can you be more specific. Are you trying to make a power supply to plug into a wall outlet to run your GPS? Do you want to run it off you car? Do you have a unit that takes the round connector on the 12 or III+ or do you have an eMap/eTrex style connector? Does your unit take unregulated power like the III+ or 12xl does it need 8V like the 12 or 3v like the eTrex units? I'd bet you can make your own cheaper. I do not know of any third party companies that are making one specificly for Garmin units. I want one to plug into my cigarette lighter with an emap/etrex connector on the other end. It should convert 12VDC output from the lighter to 3VDC input to the etrex. I know that someone is making them because I saw someone had them listed on ebay. They didn't appear to be "homemade". I was just hoping to compare prices before I jumped on the first one. ------------------ Greg N39°54.705' W077°33.137' My geocaching page Quote Link to comment
Guest mcb Posted November 25, 2001 Share Posted November 25, 2001 Sorry I have not seen someone else making them. I pretty sure you could get all the part of the web or radio shack and make your own. Sorry I'm no help mcb Quote Link to comment
Guest peter Posted November 25, 2001 Share Posted November 25, 2001 Wolfe's cables ( http://www.gpscables.com/catalog.html ) has a variety of cables and antennas for Garmin GPS units. The eTrex/eMap to car power cable is $22. I don't have that cable (have just used NiMH cells in my eMap and the charger came with a car power cord), but I did buy a combo power/PC cable from them for a GPS12 and it worked well and was good quality construction/materials. Quote Link to comment
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