my garmin legend lost power while riding yesterday, not only did the power cord fail, but the batteries did as well. i have it mounted on am r.a.m. mount. anyone have these problems??? thanks tim

 

I have a Garmin III Plus and the first time I used it I thought I lost power too. Not sure if your situation is the same but when you turn your ATV off the Garmin GPS displays a message warning that your power source has been lost, that if you want it to remain connected you must depress any button. I've made a habit to do just that when I stop during a ride.

 

thanks for the info, it did say that!!! also, ive fabricated my ram mount just incase it was also a vibration factor. if you'd like to see a pic let me know. thanks again tim tooltime22@yahoo.com

 

What i started to do myself was i dont turn my quad off with the key while out riding, Ive been using the run/stop switch myself.

 

Yes, I try to do that also but don't know how many times I'm a couple miles down the trail when I realize I shut it down!
I think I'll wire it directly to the battery, fuse it and forget it.

 

If you wire it directly to the battery it will always be on. What I did was install a power outlet wired (thru a fuse) directly the battery. This way I can turn the quad off without worrying about losing power to the gps.

I have pictures (and schematic)if anyone is interested.

 

I like the idea of wiring it directly to the battery. This lengthens the life of the AA batteries also because the GPS will not change over to them after losing power from the Prairie battery. Even though I try to press any of the buttons every time after turning my Prairie off, I still forget to sometimes just like 63butstilkicking said. Great idea...[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]