HDS5 shuts off during start up

[Half-Ass Astronaut]

I've had this problem for, well since I put the GPS into my race truck.

It's a ranger with a rewired engine harness, so everything is running off of blue sea fuse blocks, and when I crank the engine it seems like its pulling every amp from the battery. So in turn it's restarting the GPs.

Does anyone else have this issue, what can I do to fix it? I was thinking of a small capacitor to wire into the GPS circuit...

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I've had this problem for, well since I put the GPS into my race truck.

It's a ranger with a rewired engine harness, so everything is running off of blue sea fuse blocks, and when I crank the engine it seems like its pulling every amp from the battery. So in turn it's restarting the GPs.

Does anyone else have this issue, what can I do to fix it? I was thinking of a small capacitor to wire into the GPS circuit...

I don't feel it's a issue you need a cap for. Where did you hook gps power to? If you are hooked to " key power" make sure it's a "hot while cranking" many wires in the cab of your ranger will test hot when ignition switch on but drop out when you crank the truck. If you are using a test light to find your ignition wire be sure the light stays on when you crank the motor.

Jimmy
Kaufman TX

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Try starting your truck on "both" batteries. Usually that stops it from restarting gps. Also sometimes running a wire directly from the battery switch to the gps will also fix it.