excal 800 question

[Captain PopTop]

My excal 800 wont sound off on metal but if you turn threshold up it screams and every minute or so it will sound off for a quick second. I found someone from here I can send to but im hoping its something I can do. I thought it was battery prongs I widened them and it worked again. But then it went back to what it is doing now. I made my own headphones with waterproof earbuds with ikelite, but I can hear when threshold turned up. Any advice thanks capt.

 

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[stevemc]

Sounds like the battery is going dead. Hard to say.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Steve suggestion is what I would try next..... Charge your battery over night, take a reading what does it tell you. It should be between 12.5 and 13 volts on a full charge... Take a reading on your charger see what voltage it is putting out as well... Are you sure you have the custom headphoes wired correctly too..?

Did you have Dave look at it?

 

[Captain PopTop]

Steve suggestion is what I would try next..... Charge your battery over night, take a reading what does it tell you. It should be between 12.5 and 13 volts on a full charge... Take a reading on your charger see what voltage it is putting out as well... Are you sure you have the custom headphoes wired correctly too..?

Did you have Dave look at it?

Im gonna mess with the homemade headphones, I still get sound, I charged battery but maybe battery is bad, but looks like ill be sending it to dave, I may be interested in sellin it and buying a new
Thanks for info much appreciated, capt.

 

[Captain PopTop]

Can I get a battery from radio shack if bad?

 

[OBN]

Ebay for the battery, let me know if your going to sell it for parts...

 

[OBN]

 

[Jason in Enid]

Wait, let me make sure I understand you correctly.

You bought a used Excal.

You began cutting and splicing in new headphones (earbuds).

The detector stopped working correctly.

NOW you are trying to blame the person who sold it to you?

 

[Captain PopTop]

Jason, sorry if I explained in a way that makes it sound that way,but thats not it at all ,I sent you a message I rather just sell it cut my losses and move on, looks like some tickets are off to ARA tomorrow

 

[Jason in Enid]

Got the message. If I were you I'd be calling the slimeball out. But then I can be crass and tactless at times.