MK1 FERRET FINDER

[richie 1]

been reading a few post recently about deben not servicing the mk1 locators & collars...

 

i called them today & asked if this was so, they still do service the locators & collars with an inspection fee of £10.

 

they also said they have no intention in the near future of stopping servicing them..

 

rich

[comanche 3,310]

I wonder how they "service" the collar .Apart being able to clean the terminal or replace a lost cap the things are sealed in resin?

[anton 0]

hi comanche,

 

i've been looking into servicing and repairing mk 1 collars and boxes i've put a thread on the

general posts about this and been suprised by the responce

yes you are right they are sealed but, hold only a crystal oscilator and poss a small amp but, unlikely

i can open them up and reseal them best bet is going in where the collar is sealed in at the top

 

anybody got any old u/s collars for me to try ? if i fix them bonus, if not well, the thing were buggered

anyway either way i will send it back to you

 

The service could involve a clean, reflow of the pcb and recalibration all of which is not hard

the only problem i have at the minute is getting hold of the right spares as deben scrub the

numbers off of some of the important components

 

cheers

anton

[anton 0]

hi comanche,

 

i've been looking into servicing and repairing mk 1 collars and boxes i've put a thread on the

general posts about this and been suprised by the responce

yes you are right they are sealed but, hold only a crystal oscilator and poss a small amp but, unlikely

i can open them up and reseal them best bet is going in where the collar is sealed in at the top

 

anybody got any old u/s collars for me to try ? if i fix them bonus, if not well, the thing were buggered

anyway either way i will send it back to you

 

The service could involve a clean, reflow of the pcb and recalibration all of which is not hard

the only problem i have at the minute is getting hold of the right spares as deben scrub the

numbers off of some of the important components

 

cheers

anton

Thanks for all the reply's/pm's that i have received about this sorry to those that i have not answered

i won't be online for the next couple of weeks due to changing isp but when i am back online i WILL get in touch

to those who have asked me

In all honesty i didn't expect such an overwhelming response cheers all

looks like my summers sorted for work then

 

once again cheers for the response

 

anton

[richie 1]

personally, i would rather take my mk1 to deben ! after all they did design & manufacture the products.