[Closed] Garmin Edge 800 - back up battery

charliemort

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Anyone know of a decent back up battery for a Garmin 800?

thanks

Posted : 01/05/2013 9:48 am

bigrich

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this sort of thing http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Instant-Charger-Includes-Universal/dp/B002FU6KF2

Posted : 01/05/2013 9:50 am

trail_rat

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garmin do one based on a powermonkey.

you need a special configuration of usb lead or the garmin goes into charging/data transfer mode. one of the pins that live in normal USBS is not live in the one needed.

normal back up batterys dont work without the special lead.

Posted : 01/05/2013 12:12 pm

bigrich

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i just plugged mine in at the last 24 hour race; seemed to deal with it.

Posted : 01/05/2013 12:14 pm

Jason

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I have just bought one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005VBNW2G/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=electronics

It only turned up this morning, so haven't used it in anger, but it charges my Garmin 800 while it is turned on.

Posted : 01/05/2013 4:30 pm

trail_rat

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interesting .

anychance someone can test some of these with an edge 500 then ?

Cheers

Posted : 01/05/2013 4:31 pm