tom tom go in skoda octavia

tubbs · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 29, 2005 Posts: 35

i hope that this will be useful for somebody.

my dad (75 years old) gave me the problem of sorting out his GO300.
it would not work at all. i figured out that the battery was flat,but he always had it plugged into the cigarette lighter socket while he used it.
he has had intermittent problems with it powering down while he was on the road.
i brought it home and put it on mains charge. this solved the problem and away it went.
tried the charger in my car next and it didnt work. took it to halfords and they tested it for me. the fuse in the side of the charger had blown and they replaced it.
away i went, back to dads and gave him the good news.
all was well until he tried it again on a long run, when it died again. i got it back and checked the fuse, it had blown again.

today i took the car and tomtom to a mate who is an auto-electrician.
after half an hour of testing and three more fuses he found the problem.

i appears that the cigarette lighter socket is not deep enough for the charger. if you push it in far enough for the charger to actually work, it shorts out and blows the fuse.

solution- have a new lighter socket installed, in a more convenient place and away you go. no more charging problems..

hope this somebody find this useful,and sorry for the essay... Idea

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