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The fuse is usually located at the very top, where the round metal contacts are. Just unscrew plastic topCode:Please Login or Register to see the links
It is also possible that it is in it. Open it, as far as I can see there are two screws in its body
But, it's a simple charger and it often happens it breaks down (its electronics).
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Garmin 276c car cigar ligher charger doesn't work
Hello all,
Once again, here I am with a topic from a dinosaur gps.
So I bought a Garmin 276c, full with acessories, where inside there was a cigar lighter charger with speaker (the 276c doesn't have speaker for voices, just a beeper)
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It's cable was cut, and today with the help of someone who know how to solder, we connected the 4 cables together .
Each of the 4 cables were isolated, with eletrical tape, and all ok.
I decided to test with [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] which I use to test all other nuvi chargers, once I put the cigar lighter there the light on the adapter stops.
Do you know what it can be? Is there any fuse?
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Just be careful that IF the cig lighter had a real lighter plug in your vehicle this adapter will short out the socket and pop the fuse in the vehicle, in modern cars these sockets are power outlets.
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I can say that he's certainly using a 'step up' 5V to 12V transformer with stated output of 12V at 1A current which is what's required for his 276C but it shouldn't short anything behind the ciggy socket regardless. There is always the possibility that the true output current of the transformer is really somewhat less than 1A or isn't properly smoothed as is sometime the case with cheap imported electronics and the Garmin speaker/psu might have some cut-off protection against that.
I'd be checking the actual power and current output of the adapter with a multimeter if the Garmin cable's fuse is shown to be ok.'Thanking Posts' are banned. To thank someone, and/or to see hidden links and content, use the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] button below left of the helpful post then refresh your browser [F5 key]. 'Thanking Posts' are banned.
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These adapters are for 12v - 8.4v @1A for charging the Li battery.
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