Why does Collett not provide a cord to draw ” free ” power from a snowmobiles battery, as some other brands do?
There are four reasons we do not supply such a cord. And they are; 1. The ” free ” power would come at a great cost in Communicator performance. Ignition noise would be injected directly into the radio’s receiver, drastically reducing operating range. A filter could be designed to eliminate the noise, but there’s no guarantee it would work effectively with all or even most ignition systems. A voltage regulator would also have to be built-in so if the snowmobile’s voltage regulator quit ( as they often do, burning out the headlight ) the Communicator wouldn’t be destroyed by a voltage surge. Doing all this would add to the cost of the Communicator and again, there’s no guarantee it work for everyone. 2. We hate creating warranty problems. Broken power cords are already our biggest source of warranty work, so we don’t need more. We know from past experience that most people will forget they are attached to the machine and just jump off without disconnecting the cord. This can result in d
