GPS on 6VDC?
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Christoph
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I use a "TomTom"
It was the first TomTom ever to be available
The one prior to TomTom-One
20 years old !
Still going strong
(bought with Data-level 18 and actually updated to data-level 981)
Runs great on 6 volt, but doesnt fill its battery.
To find tiny roads while going distance over here, i use a "Tripy2"
I guess this aint availlable in US.
Tripy2 was made for dessert-rallies on motorbikes and goes
14 hours on own batteries
I even manage to fill the battery of my smartphone in the A.
As so, any Smart-Navigation should work there
(but i never tried).
Have fun Christoph
BTW
Might be interesting to know, which one you tried without success.
It was the first TomTom ever to be available
The one prior to TomTom-One
20 years old !
Still going strong
(bought with Data-level 18 and actually updated to data-level 981)
Runs great on 6 volt, but doesnt fill its battery.
To find tiny roads while going distance over here, i use a "Tripy2"
I guess this aint availlable in US.
Tripy2 was made for dessert-rallies on motorbikes and goes
14 hours on own batteries
I even manage to fill the battery of my smartphone in the A.
As so, any Smart-Navigation should work there
(but i never tried).
Have fun Christoph
BTW
Might be interesting to know, which one you tried without success.
Ray in La Mesa
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My Garmin works fine on 6 volt, you just have to change the polarity to the plug in if you are running stock positive ground.
newshirt
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Try the Ulysse Speedometer app. Uses GPS on your smartphone. Accurate and easy. Runs for hours on your normal phone battery.
But for really long tours, I built a little cigarette lighter adapter with a 7.2V R/C battery. Use that for 12 hours, then recharge in hotel room.
This strategy keeps all the ugly wires out of your Model A.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binarytoys.speedometer
But for really long tours, I built a little cigarette lighter adapter with a 7.2V R/C battery. Use that for 12 hours, then recharge in hotel room.
This strategy keeps all the ugly wires out of your Model A.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binarytoys.speedometer
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Tom Wesenberg
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My 7 year old AMCOR works on 6 volts. My friends Garmin works on 6 volts, but I don't know the model numbers.
marc hildebrant
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fiddlybits
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It's not about the destination....it's about the journey..
I carry a GPS but I find that I usually just drive GD (General Direction) and then refer to a folding map if I have to find a specific location. If I am going somewhere specific... since it is an old car.. I do it the old way. I look at the maps before I go.
I'm a gadget freak but I have been finding I have been getting away from engineering myself from point to point to actually looking at a map and enjoying the ride.
That said... most modern GPS use a USB for external power and that is 5 volts. Most will tolerate 6 volts but that choice is at your own risk. I built a small 5 volt regulator that feeds the phone and GPS.
I carry a GPS but I find that I usually just drive GD (General Direction) and then refer to a folding map if I have to find a specific location. If I am going somewhere specific... since it is an old car.. I do it the old way. I look at the maps before I go.
I'm a gadget freak but I have been finding I have been getting away from engineering myself from point to point to actually looking at a map and enjoying the ride.
That said... most modern GPS use a USB for external power and that is 5 volts. Most will tolerate 6 volts but that choice is at your own risk. I built a small 5 volt regulator that feeds the phone and GPS.
Cape Codder
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I have asked this question in the past but did not get a solution.
Is there any GPS or can it be done on Google maps to PRE select the route which I would like to take? I do have a iPad.
Thanks for any comments.
Is there any GPS or can it be done on Google maps to PRE select the route which I would like to take? I do have a iPad.
Thanks for any comments.
Jim/GA
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You can easily plan a route in advance with Google Maps. It will give you it's first pass at the quickest or shortest route, but then you can drag the line to follow the roads you want to take.
You can export that custom route to SOME GPS makes and models, not all. So do your homework on that feature before you buy a GPS, if that's what you'd like to do. I learned after I bought my Garmin Nuvi 1350 that it does not have this feature. When I replace it I will get a model that does. It's also a bit of work to transfer the route to the GPS.
If you want to use Google Maps on your iPad as your GPS, I don't see why you can't modify the route and then start following it. but I don't have an iPad so I have never done it myself. You'd have to experiment.
Gold Digger
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I have a Garmin Nuvi 2555 LMT and it all works fine on 6-volts. I mounted a plugin on the floor board just behind the transmission with wires with clips on each end so if I want to remove the floor I can detach them. Interesting, the speedometer matches the speed to a "T".