Lowbatts
Gold Member
After yesterday's hunt I put the tools in the garage. This morning Mayo shows up so off we go, get to the site, forgot to pack my F70 along. Went home, picked it up, went back to site, got there, got out and went to turn it on. Comedy of errors cascade time.
Unit was already on, no signs of life. Turned it off, turned it back on, no power up. Figured I left it on and killed the batts. Living up to the handle....
Put in the backup batts, no power up. Now I'm thinking I killed the F70. We went back to my place to get the CZ-20, we were gonna hunt, even if I spent most of the time crying. Tried some new batts at home first, no power up. Took them out, put them back in. Nothing. Third time I removed them I noticed the cloth battery pull was over the contacts on one well. Reseated batts and VOILA! F70 back at it.
First set of batts was dead from leaving unit on overnight no doubt. Could have fixed that the first time around by power up check before leaving home, had I remembered to bring the detector in the first place. Second chance batts were okay, had I noticed the covered contact instead of reacting in sheer horror to what I thought was a serious failure mode.
Lastly none of it would have gotten to panic state had I remembered one simple check, always unplug the headphones when you're done. That way you'll notice the bell tone, overload signal or chatter that comes from hanging your still-turned-on rig in the garage long before the next day's errors begin.
Yes, still took the CZ-20 along but the F70 did just fine by me.
Unit was already on, no signs of life. Turned it off, turned it back on, no power up. Figured I left it on and killed the batts. Living up to the handle....
Put in the backup batts, no power up. Now I'm thinking I killed the F70. We went back to my place to get the CZ-20, we were gonna hunt, even if I spent most of the time crying. Tried some new batts at home first, no power up. Took them out, put them back in. Nothing. Third time I removed them I noticed the cloth battery pull was over the contacts on one well. Reseated batts and VOILA! F70 back at it.
First set of batts was dead from leaving unit on overnight no doubt. Could have fixed that the first time around by power up check before leaving home, had I remembered to bring the detector in the first place. Second chance batts were okay, had I noticed the covered contact instead of reacting in sheer horror to what I thought was a serious failure mode.
Lastly none of it would have gotten to panic state had I remembered one simple check, always unplug the headphones when you're done. That way you'll notice the bell tone, overload signal or chatter that comes from hanging your still-turned-on rig in the garage long before the next day's errors begin.
Yes, still took the CZ-20 along but the F70 did just fine by me.
