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Colin Lawson
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Re: Battery power and position
« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2012, 04:00:24 pm »

Colin - and any one else who may be interested.

Re your query on the Garmin 555s SD card and its associated software issues.

Thanks Andy, that\\\'s very useful. As I already have an SD card reader on my external hard drive your info means I can avoid buying a spare cable.

Colin
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Graham W
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Re: Battery power and position
« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2012, 05:39:43 pm »

I stumbled on this product from Garmin, which seems to allow route and waypoint planning on the computer, for transfer back to the GPS.  And it is available for Apple!  http://www.force4.co.uk/7524/Garmin-Homeport-Marine-Planning-Software.html
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Colin Morley
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Re: Battery power and position
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2012, 08:23:15 pm »

Thank you all for your comments on this. I thought you might like some feed back on what I have done.
I have fitted a NP18-12B Yuasa 12v 17.2Ah Lead Acid Battery in the same position as the original battery, in front of the centreboard case. I made a box out of marine ply about half the height of the battery and screwed this on top of the wooden pieces in place for the small battery.
I also fitted a CTEK comfort connector. This does two things. It allows me to plug in my CTEK charger without taking the battery out of the boat. It also has three LEDS- green amber and red to show how much charge is still in the battery. I have fixed this with Velcro on the top of the forward end of centreboard case.
I can supply pictures of this if any one is interested.
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