Deben mk3 collar stopped working.

[Guest vin]

Hello all.

 

I was out with my mate yesterday and one of his collars packed in working..they are only from last year so they havnt been used loads and abused etc etc..He checked them the night before and they worked,but next day it would not switch on at all ? the reciever had been left switched on all night in his bag..but it was still working the next day..i thought he might have flattened the batts in the collar..so we switched for new uns and it still didnt work.. We had 2 set ups on the day so it was ok..He has phoned Deben this morning and they want him to send it back,but he will be without it for upto 3 weeks,which he,s not happy about.

 

Has anyone else had the same problem.?.it just seems like the collar will not switch on at all..we messed about with it for ages.

 

thought i would ask here before he sends it back.

 

thanks all

 

merry xmas

 

Vin

[Tyla 3,179]

Check the connection tag on the top of the collar, I've had them snap off. Its a shit design flaw and deben wont repair it. New collar time if thats the case.

[stealthy1 3,964]

Make sure you put good batteries in, the MK3 collars dont like the cheap ones.

[pipa 299]

Make sure you put good batteries in, the MK3 collars dont like the cheap ones.

which types do you use mate? ive just got a 2nd hand mk3 and ordered 20 batteries from hong kong £1.98

chris

[Guest vin]

Check the connection tag on the top of the collar, I've had them snap off. Its a shit design flaw and deben wont repair it. New collar time if thats the case.

 

cheers buddy...thats what it was..the connection had come loose..he has reset it with some doublesided glue/tape he uses for reparing cars. works spot on again.

 

thanks again for the reply.

 

merry xmas

[lksopener 105]

Make sure you put good batteries in, the MK3 collars dont like the cheap ones.

which types do you use mate? ive just got

a 2nd hand mk3 and ordered 20 batteries from hong kong £1.98

chris

 

 

Quickly put em in the bin! Will be no good what so ever for your collars.

 

You want a good quality silver oxide battery for your finder collars. Such as the rayovac ones that Deben supply with collars.

 

Its a few extra quid to ensure your gear doesn't f**k up!

 

Liam

[pipa 299]

Make sure you put good batteries in, the MK3 collars dont like the cheap ones.

which types do you use mate? ive just got

a 2nd hand mk3 and ordered 20 batteries from hong kong £1.98

chris

 

 

Quickly put em in the bin! Will be no good what so ever for your collars.

 

You want a good quality silver oxide battery for your finder collars. Such as the rayovac ones that Deben supply with collars.

 

Its a few extra quid to ensure your gear doesn't f**k up!

 

Liam

thanks mate, i bought some rayovac yesterday.

does it fck the collars up for good if you use cheap shite?

chris

[stealthy1 3,964]

Make sure you put good batteries in, the MK3 collars dont like the cheap ones.

which types do you use mate? ive just got a 2nd hand mk3 and ordered 20 batteries from hong kong £1.98

chris

 

Sorry mate, just seen this, I get my batteries from Maplins in single packs, I tryed the cheap ones but found they died really quick if it was frosty or even quite cold, so I now dig deep into my pockets and only buy quality batteries.

[pipa 299]

cheers mate, ive just ordered 4 more from ebay, silver oxide SONY sr45/ 394 for £3.88

fair price?

chris