Thursday, September 8, 2011

CarComputer monitor

The monitor for the in-car mapping computer has been playing up for a while.... it caused me problems when I was down at Forrest Lodge doing some mileage and route confirmations, and again when I went down to the Merrick Rally.

It came to a head when the monitor was totally unusable when I went to recce for the Bathgate Comp (fortunately I was able to follow the route on the Garmin GPS.)

Various investigations lead me to believe the problem is a dry joint in the low-voltage side (the problem exists whether running on mains it the 12V feed; in the car or in the house.)  I'll dig into the monitor some time, and try to find the dry joint, however I've had a look for a replacement monitor, just in case.

I've found an ebay company that sells the same monitor: £27 delivered!

I've ordered three :chuckle:

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