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Tradewind
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Response Posted - 07/30/2013 : 15:32:35

I've sailed these local bay waters for over 30 years and can't remember the last time I consulted even a paper chart but that Garmin 640 sure is a nice little machine! Would be a fun toy!

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 07/30/2013 : 17:58:44

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Tradewind
 I've sailed these local bay waters for over 30 years and can't remember the last time I consulted even a paper chart but that Garmin 640 sure is a nice little machine! Would be a fun toy!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">It's not a toy to me--it navigates me on roads and highways all over the country (now that I don't have a dedicated partner/navigator) and keeps me off the big rocks all over southern New England (Granite Land). Portable, decent size for readability, internal battery, waterproof... it really works for me.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 07/31/2013 : 07:26:57

FWIW, I have never tried it, thank goodness, but have read the reports of cruising sailors that you can dry out a laptop computer or other electronic device that got wet by putting it in an oven set to 110 degrees for a half hour.

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 07/31/2013 : 07:45:44

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve Milby
 FWIW, I have never tried it, thank goodness, but have read the reports of cruising sailors that you can dry out a laptop computer or other electronic device that got wet by putting it in an oven set to 110 degrees for a half hour.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Maybe, but I wouldn't. Particularly in a gas oven where the by-product of natural gas combustion includes water vapor.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 07/31/2013 : 17:02:33

I've dried my step-daughters cell phone out in the oven several times.

Set it on bake and do not turn up the heat at all. Leave in the oven for 1 - 2 hours and viola, good as new! We have electric ovens.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 09/08/2013 : 15:13:21

So after I tried drying out my GPS 76CSx in the toaster oven, and the housing melted and the screen bubbled all up, I called Garmin to accept the refurbishment program.
They told me to downoad all my waypoints, tracks and data from the old unit, remove the memory chip and box up the old one. They asked me for my credit card number and for only $85.00 gave me an RMA # and promised me a brand new refurbed unit in a few weeks' time.
So I shipped it off, and two weeks later a nearly new 76C GPS appeared at my door. It had current software, the tide data was fully up to date and I reloaded all my waypoints. The unit looks and behaves a little different than the old one, but it works just fine. Picks up satellite and WAAS signals.
I took it out for a sail today, and it tracked local waypoints and provided me full "Goto" navigation information.
I would recommend to anyone who has a Garmin device now, if it ever goes defective, try the factory refurbishment plan.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 09/08/2013 : 16:38:59

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Voyager
 So after I tried drying out my GPS 76CSx in the toaster oven, and the housing melted and the screen bubbled all up, I called Garmin to accept the refurbishment program.
They told me to downoad all my waypoints, tracks and data from the old unit, remove the memory chip and box up the old one. They asked me for my credit card number and for only $85.00 gave me an RMA # and promised me a brand new refurbed unit in a few weeks' time.
So I shipped it off, and two weeks later a nearly new 76C GPS appeared at my door. It had current software, the tide data was fully up to date and I reloaded all my waypoints. The unit looks and behaves a little different than the old one, but it works just fine. Picks up satellite and WAAS signals.
I took it out for a sail today, and it tracked local waypoints and provided me full "Goto" navigation information.
I would recommend to anyone who has a Garmin device now, if it ever goes defective, try the factory refurbishment plan.

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I didn't say in a toaster oven! A regular oven on the lowest setting.

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 09/08/2013 : 17:26:05

Pretty much everything in electronics manufacture goes through "dishwashers".

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 09/08/2013 : 17:38:25

Frank
I did not try the dishwasher! I intended to put the toaster oven on the lowest setting, but somehow it got on 350! My wife asked me "what are you cooking in here?" She said "whatever it is, it's well done."
I said "Uh Oh!" Funny thing, after it cooled down, the electronics still worked, just couldn't see much on the screen.

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