Hi, I went out detecting today for 3 hours. I checked the battery compartment for cleanliness and grit beforehand. It was good. I must have done something wrong. While detecting whenever I lifted it up horizontal it would say it didn't detect the coil and then restart. I thought it might have been a loose connection. It still functioned. Later I went home and took the battery off.
THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT WAS FULL OF WATER!!
I immediately dried everything with a can of air. One part of the battery and the corresponding plate in the CTX housing had blue stuff. I figured electrolysis. I took a toothbrush and cleaned both of them. I used canned air on both again. Then I used contact cleaner on both and brushed both the battery and the ctx plates. Then I used contact cleaner again on both and inclined the ctx downward and the batter face down on a flat surface.
Is there anything else I can do??? I have the spare battery using regular AA batteries.
It works normal with the AA Pack. It tests out well with my test targets and my wedding ring.
Does NOT work well with the original battery. I assume there is still water in the battery somewhere. It tries to turn on but is sporadic and then shuts off. To try and save the original battery I put it into a zip loc baggy full of rice. It's a trick that also saves submerged cell phones. The rice acts as a desiccant and sucks all moisture. I will see how the original battery works in a day or two.
Also, I broke out the new gaskets. My guess is when I checked the battery before I left to go to the beach that I unseated the old gasket because everything was dry and clean at that time.
Is there more I can do??
HELP!!
THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT WAS FULL OF WATER!!
I immediately dried everything with a can of air. One part of the battery and the corresponding plate in the CTX housing had blue stuff. I figured electrolysis. I took a toothbrush and cleaned both of them. I used canned air on both again. Then I used contact cleaner on both and brushed both the battery and the ctx plates. Then I used contact cleaner again on both and inclined the ctx downward and the batter face down on a flat surface.
Is there anything else I can do??? I have the spare battery using regular AA batteries.
It works normal with the AA Pack. It tests out well with my test targets and my wedding ring.
Does NOT work well with the original battery. I assume there is still water in the battery somewhere. It tries to turn on but is sporadic and then shuts off. To try and save the original battery I put it into a zip loc baggy full of rice. It's a trick that also saves submerged cell phones. The rice acts as a desiccant and sucks all moisture. I will see how the original battery works in a day or two.
Also, I broke out the new gaskets. My guess is when I checked the battery before I left to go to the beach that I unseated the old gasket because everything was dry and clean at that time.
Is there more I can do??
HELP!!