GPS PROBLEM

[Dirtysanchez]

Bung a capacitor in line on the positive (get one from Dick SMith or I can give you one) 100uf shoudl do. It should smooth out the spikes

Hey oddbudman, what do you do for a living then ?

Russell

[Darryl]

Thanks for the help Fellas, unit is going back to Lowrance to see what they say. And i was refunded my money with no drama's.If the unit isn't stuffed i will buy it back.

Thanks again fellas.

Darryl.

[Wear_the_fox_hat]

Darryl,
I had an old JRC sounder/GPS that came with my boat when I bought it & the screen had all lines across it when I turned it on for the first time as the new owner. Turns out that a diode had leaked & affected some of the componentry on one of the boards. As Murphies law goes, the damaged parts were unavailable & it was going to cost $450 for someone to try & fix it with no guarantees, so in the bin it went. Best for you to try & get your money back & just buy a new unit as you could end up paying the equivalent of a new price if you have to pay for repairs on top of the price you have already paid for the dud unit.

Regards,
WTFH

[webby]

Mate throw the gps in the water and buy a sexton and start reading the stars
A man with your talents will find it easy
regards

[Darryl]

I was sort of hoping you were going to get a promotional one from the boat show for me Webby. I'l have one like Mono's thanks.

Hurry up and get that show out of the way, i want to go fishing.