batteries

[polecat93 4]

out ferreting on saturday and was digging for the ferret and my locater started to go weird and not beeping properly like it was dying and it was only picking up when i had the ferret in my hand so could someone please tell me which are the best batteries for the locater and the collar that i can buy in a shop , ive had the locater about a year now and have not changed the batteries.

cheers.

Edited November 16, 2009 by polecat93

[johnmac666 2]

out ferreting on saturday and was digging for the ferret and my locater started to go weird and not beeping properly like it was dying and it was only picking up when i had the ferret in my hand so could someone please tell me which are the best batteries for the locater and the collar that i can buy in a shop , ive had the locater about a year now and have not changed the batteries.

cheers.

 

depends if you got mk3 ( grey collars )= 393 Mark 3 16' collars

 

or mk3 m black collar ( turn on with magnet)=394 two required

 

or pp3 for reciever

 

hope this helps

 

regards john

Edited November 16, 2009 by johnmac666

[polecat93 4]

out ferreting on saturday and was digging for the ferret and my locater started to go weird and not beeping properly like it was dying and it was only picking up when i had the ferret in my hand so could someone please tell me which are the best batteries for the locater and the collar that i can buy in a shop , ive had the locater about a year now and have not changed the batteries.

cheers.

 

depends if you got mk3 ( grey collars )= 393 Mark 3 16' collars

 

or mk3 m black collar ( turn on with magnet)=394 two required

 

or pp3 for reciever

 

hope this helps

 

regards john

 

 

ive got the black collar a think its the mk3m i turn it on with my locater by putting it to the collar so will any little 394 batteries be alrite for them and should i get cheap or expensive ones, also theres lots of makes of batteries for the locator so which one is best cheers

Edited November 16, 2009 by polecat93

[stubby 175]

christ, your lucky you aint lost a fert yet, 393 is the number for your collar batteries, a duracell 9volt will do for the locator, I tend to buy batteries in bulk from evil bay, so they work out to around 20p each, then use new batteries in the collar on every outing, considering the value of a collar is around £50, its a small price to pay (40p) each time

 

just saw you'vre got the mk3m, so 394 as stated by others

[polecat93 4]

i am positive mine is mk3m because i have to turn it on by putting the locater to it is that right , and why is it neccesary to change batteries every outing when deben says the collar lasts upto 100 hrs and i turn the collor off after every trip , well i think thats what the magnet does turns the collar off, cheers for advice thore much appreciated.

[johnmac666 2]

christ, your lucky you aint lost a fert yet, 393 is the number for your collar batteries, a duracell 9volt will do for the locator, I tend to buy batteries in bulk from evil bay, so they work out to around 20p each, then use new batteries in the collar on every outing, considering the value of a collar is around £50, its a small price to pay (40p) each time

 

just saw you'vre got the mk3m, so 394 as stated by others

 

 

My link

 

try this link but not sure how good they are, the ones i have in mine are the standard ones which come when new

( they are called rayovac quartz 394 & 9v rayovac pp3

 

as for changing batteries you dont need to every time i take my batteries out of the collars ( i clean mine after each outing ) & then just put them in when im going out, obviously make sure the collar is turned on before you put it on the ferrets neck & turn it off when the collar has been taken off the ferret , if you need to turn the collar on with the box/arrow/magnet it sound like you got mk3m collars

Edited November 16, 2009 by johnmac666

[polecat93 4]

christ, your lucky you aint lost a fert yet, 393 is the number for your collar batteries, a duracell 9volt will do for the locator, I tend to buy batteries in bulk from evil bay, so they work out to around 20p each, then use new batteries in the collar on every outing, considering the value of a collar is around £50, its a small price to pay (40p) each time

 

just saw you'vre got the mk3m, so 394 as stated by others

 

 

My link

 

try this link but not sure how good they are, the ones i have in mine are the standard ones which come when new

( they are called rayovac quartz 394 & 9v rayovac pp3

 

as for changing batteries you dont need to every time i take my batteries out of the collars ( i clean mine after each outing ) & then just put them in when im going out, obviously make sure the collar is turned on before you put it on the ferrets neck & turn it off when the collar has been taken off the ferret , if you need to turn the collar on with the box/arrow/magnet it sound like you got mk3m collars

 

thanks very much mate think i will buy 10 off ebay cheers

[ferretville 69]

The rayovac batteries for the locator will last you a full season unless your out 7 days a week hammering the shit out of it . Alkalie battery works in your locater as for the collar they will last a good while to.You don`t need to put new batteries in for every trip mate

[polecat93 4]

thanks alot mate

[stubby 175]

i am positive mine is mk3m because i have to turn it on by putting the locater to it is that right , and why is it neccesary to change batteries every outing when deben says the collar lasts upto 100 hrs and i turn the collor off after every trip , well i think thats what the magnet does turns the collar off, cheers for advice thore much appreciated.

 

I wrote the post thinking you had a mk3 not a mk3m, even so, Id still suggest you get a battery tester and check the collar batteries regularly, rather than take the 100hours at face value, mk3m collars are even more expensive, it was'ent that long ago that a member posted on loosing a collar that the fert had slipped off, with flat batteries in

[polecat93 4]

i have one of those testers and did not think you could test the collar batteries, good thinking mate cheers