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I had to solder a new fuse across the old one as it was an integral part of the circuit board. Good news it worked so I now have two docking stations.
Thursday, 23 June 2016
18th June 2016 - GPS Equipment failure.
I was testing the TomTom power cable for the docking station on my BMW 1200 GS Geoff W gave me and found the GPS didn't work so I tried the spare docking station Geoff had also given me and it didn't work either. When I checked the voltage on the output pins of both docking stations there was none. It should be 5 volts. When I checked the output from the power cable I discovered the polarity was wrong and I had blown the fuses on both docking station circuit boards!!!!!! Off to Google to find out how to replace the fuse. Lo and behold there were instructions on how to install a new fuse .... not particularly easy.
I had to solder a new fuse across the old one as it was an integral part of the circuit board. Good news it worked so I now have two docking stations.
I had to solder a new fuse across the old one as it was an integral part of the circuit board. Good news it worked so I now have two docking stations.
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