I Need A Batter Spring/Plate For A Device.

[DavidPI73]

I have a portable electronic navigation system - a Pilot III from Garmin- which
I use to find my way around the counties in the state where I work. It operates
via batteries or by pluging it into the cigarette lighter.

While using the navigation system, the batteries exploded. As I removed the
batteries from the battery compartment, I accidently broke off the 1
inch-by-half inch metal plate -with half-inch springs on it- attached to the
edge of the battery compartment. I lost that part and and I need it replaced.

I have been to Radio Shack, an auto parts accesory store, and a hardware store
and none of them have that piece.

Does anyone know how and where I can get this simple piece that has been
getting considerbly more difficult to obtain than I had anticipated? Your help
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

-DavidPI73@aol.com

 

[Nicholas O. Lindan]

"DavidPI73" <davidpi73@aol.com> wrote'

I have a ... Pilot III from Garmin ... I ... broke off the ...
... metal plate [in the battery compartment] with ... springs
where [can I] get [a replacement]?

Why not Garmin? Have you given them a call / emailed?

--
Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.
Remove spaces etc. to reply: n o lindan at net com dot com

 

[Jim Thompson]

On 31 Oct 2004 00:27:02 GMT, davidpi73@aol.com (DavidPI73) wrote:

I have a portable electronic navigation system - a Pilot III from Garmin- which
I use to find my way around the counties in the state where I work. It operates
via batteries or by pluging it into the cigarette lighter.

While using the navigation system, the batteries exploded. As I removed the
batteries from the battery compartment, I accidently broke off the 1
inch-by-half inch metal plate -with half-inch springs on it- attached to the
edge of the battery compartment. I lost that part and and I need it replaced.

I have been to Radio Shack, an auto parts accesory store, and a hardware store
and none of them have that piece.

Does anyone know how and where I can get this simple piece that has been
getting considerbly more difficult to obtain than I had anticipated? Your help
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

-DavidPI73@aol.com

Have you written to Garmin?

Garmin International Inc.
1200 E. 151st Street
Olathe, KS 66062
Phone: (913) 397-8200
Fax: (913) 397-8282

The III series contains the very first GPS chip I designed. It's a
power hog. The newer versions are much better and MUCH cheaper.

I'd just buy a new one. Like the SiRF Earthmate unit (also one of my
chip designs you can get with Street Atlas USA 2004 for $129.95
total (software and Earthmate).

...Jim Thompson
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