Re: Broken Garmin contact pin on rear of 12 XL

From: Stichting ST (atarist_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:22:34 +0200

If the pin is broken of at the base so that some metal down in the hole is
visible then try to reconnect the broken pin with silver glue that is
electrically conducting. It is a hassle to keep it fixed in position (with
putty, clay) until the glue dries but soldering is in that narrow place very
very difficult.

I managed to repair many connections that way .

Piet

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:55:55 GMT, Lars@fake.com wrote:

>Evad,
>
>Just to tell you that your suggestion actually worked well.
>I have not soldered anything there yet and probably won´t. That
>negative contact is some 10 cm's down in the battery
>compartment and tough to reach with any tools whatever. I did
>however manage to hook a wire to the contact long enough to
>test its working.
>
>I have a whole bunch of rechargeable batteries and am thinking
>of soldering a thin wire to the base of one that I will only
>use when needed to transfer files to and from computer.
>
>This is not so much a money issue. I have had good use of that
>12XL for five years now, and it has served me well. I will
>probably buy a new Garmin that has maps in it soon. But I
>really like fixing broken things and has many times found that
>I learn a lot about devices when I repair them. The whole
>relationship changes.
>
>How much fun would computers be if we did not constantly have
>to fix them?
>
>On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:28:54 -0700, Evad wrote:
>
>><Lars@fake.com> wrote in message
>>news:me49i0pbm26okla9gcjc4b1p3s9f4rcsf6@4ax.com...
>
>>> I somehow broke off a pin in the round Garmin contact on the
>>> back of a 12XL. It happens to be the ground pin.
>>> I do need to fix it.
>...............
>
>>If it is actually the ground pin, then drill a small hole into the battery
>>compartment and solder a wire to the negative battery contact, run the wire
>>through the hole and epoxy it in place. Cut open your cable and install a
>>one-pin connector (a spade or something) to the ground lead and make it
>>connect to the wire from the battery compartment. It would be kind of a
>>Kludge but it should work for an old dog like the 12XL.
>
>
>
>Lars, Stockholm

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