[C320-list] NAVPOD VENTILATION

[Doug Treff]

John, I have a Garmin in a navpod and had no instances of overheating. I do have a bimini, which I'm sure helps quite a bit. I have noticed that it gets very warm, even hot, when the sun is behind me and shining under the bimini, but it has never shut down.

Have you contacted Garmin?

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Fri, May 25, 2018, at 9:34 AM, John morrison wrote:
> I have a NAVPOD at the helm with a Garmin chart plotter installed. 
> During the heat of the summer the chart plotter shuts itself off due ,I 
> think, to overheating. The side of the chart plotter with all of the 
> buttons gets very warm. I’m thinking of drilling some holes in the top 
> and bottom of the NAVPOD to allow some convection ventilation. Anyone 
> have experience with this?
> JohnM
> 1999#574