[pct-l] Lithium batteries & Garmin GPS

[stewjohns at comcast.net]

I have to echo this same response.  I have a Garmin GPSmap60CSX, and I have two options on battery use ... Alkaline and NIMh batteries.  There is even a menu option on the display to choose which type of battery to use.  Lithium batteries are not an option, so I assume that they will not work.(I have not tried them).  NIMh batteries are a good alternative.

Doc Holiday

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From: "Ben Holmes" <beholmes2004 at yahoo.com> 

> Any reason for not using NiMh batteries instead? 
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> Cheaper, rechargeable, and works in digital cameras and GPS units. 
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> So far I have had GREAT luck using this, and keeping them charged on my 
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> Ben 
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> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:40:07 -0700 
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> From: Corky Corcoran 
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> Subject: [pct-l] Lithium batteries & Garmin GPS 
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> I know from sad experience that lithium AA cells and a Garmin GPS are 
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> not compatible. 
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> Contacted Garmin about them, they said if one drains off some of the 
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> voltage first they should work. Did that, with some success. Then, 
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> as the batteries recovered, they didn't work. Unit wouldn't 
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> start. That happened after I was off the paper maps bailing out to 
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> Seiad Valley after hitting too much snow around Condrey Mt. Needed 
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> the GPS map to find my way to the Klamath River. 
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> And didn't have it. It started right up after I found my way out and 
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> got some alkaline batteries. 
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> Since lithium AA cells are nearly flat in voltage and current until 
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> they die, it's an "iffy" proposition at best. I learned rapidly to 
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> not rely upon them in my Garmin 76 CSx. 
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> Corky 
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