Your Garmin GPS unit comes with internal lithium-ion batteries that allow it to operate for up to 4-8 hours without being connected to a power source while navigating.
The amount of time your Garmin GPS battery lasts on your ride is dependent on things like your screen brightness and extra feature usage.
If you're concerned about getting your GPS device charged up before your trip, here's the best way to get it charged while at home.
3 Ways To Charge Your Garmin
All in all, there are three ways you can charge your Garmin GPS device, two of which can be done while at home and not on your motorcycle or in your car.
Car charger method
This is the least effective method if you want to charge your device while at home. It requires you to go out to your car or motorcycle, turn it on, and let the vehicle's battery charge your device. We don't recommend this unless you're actually on the move.
To do this, you're going to need the included cigarette/car charger end.
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AC power cable method
Insert the small end of the AC power cable into the back or side of your Garmin GPS, then plug the other side into the AC power cable and plug that into a wall outlet. You can use this port to connect a USB cable directly to an AC adapter and to your wall outlet.
This is the fastest way to charge your Garmin GPS at home.
USB power method
The last way to charge your GPS at home is to use the same port as the AC power method, but instead of adding the AC adapter, you can plug your GPS device directly into a USB port of your computer, or wall if your home is set up with USB ports integrated.
Closing Thoughts
Charging your Garmin GPS device isn't rocket science. In fact, with the right cables anyone should be able to do it. If you're still having trouble getting your GPS device charging, you likely have a hardware issue and should contact Garmin directly.
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8 thoughts on “How To Charge Garmin GPS At Home”
Where do I go to talk to the GPS?
when you only have the cigarette lighter plug for your gps you cannot charge it in your home.you need some kind of adapter to plug your cigarette power cord to a cigarette outlet with a 220 volt plug.? do you see my problem?
It was helpful but I want to know
. how long it take to fully charge using the AC power cable
method ?
. is there any danger of over charging it ?
Whoever writes manuals is retarded. In plain english they could make it easy for people, but they don’t!!!!!!!!! Can you believe I haven’t even gotten
so far as to charge my Garmin 50LM while it supposedly is charging because they don’t tell you what to see on your screen after plugging it
in to know if you’re charging it correctly.
Right? I just happened to notice that when I plug it in there’s a display on the watch face that tells you it’s charging and the percent of charge.
Question..have a carGPS,NUVI LM50. I am Charging it in House electrical wall socket with adaptor/AC cable. I am noticing view screen is Staying On while doing this. Is this ok for view screen to do during this entire wall charging process? I am overheating anything related to the viewing screen or to the insides of the GPS, IF THE SCREEN STAYS ON WHILE IT IS ACTIVELY “Charging”??
To plug in at home what voltage ac adapter do u use?
It would be nice if there were a chart that showed how low the battery charge is, and how long it takes to recharge it by plugging it into a wall socket.