How to splice my wot...

[borntofli]

I have a wot 15 from an excalibur that I want to splice on my sov gt....

Wot wire: sov gt:
black black
red red
orange yellow
white white


Does this look correct?????

Will I destroy my gt if I goof?????

 

[deepdiger60]

Hi borntofli this link should do the job for you Good luck Jim

http://www.kamakazi.com/coiltek/connect.html

 

[borntofli]

I saw that.... It doesnt help... I am splicing the 2 wires together ........ Black to black.......Red to red.........gt white to coil white......... gt yellow to coil orange......... If it doesnt work will just have to take it apart and try again.....

 

[tomcatpl]

HERE

 

[borntofli]

Thank you very much...........

My soldering skills sure suck........ I've never soldered wires together before, but no time like the present to learn.....My 7 ' cable will probably be 3 feet when i'm done....
It wont be pretty, but will work till I get some ends for the coil wires......

 

[borntofli]

And of course it didnt work...... No sound..... I will switch the white and yellow and try that.......

 

[tomcatpl]

u should get some waterproof connectors and do it that way so u can switch bbetween coils like i did

 

[borntofli]

I tried it both ways and got nothing..... any ideas???????

 

[borntofli]

I just taped my wires together from my original coil and have nothing....... Did I screw up my detector???????

Ideas?????

Anyone?????

 

[borntofli]

Put this post in the "don't try this at home" file....... I emailed minelab to see if they will fix my screwup.... (I don"t know what I did wrong)

Without a coil attached would it still make a noise when you turn it on?? (When I turn it on if the threshold is too low it still makes a squeal sound initially) I have not turned it on without the coil attached....

I guess I get the "this new guy is a real idiot" award.......

 

[Mel Parker]

n/t

 

[borntofli]

I wired m orig coil back and nothing..........From all the posts ive read if you mix up the common and ground no worries, just switch them.....

I am seriously confused.....

 

[Mel Parker]

Also check the battery and make sure it's charged. If you have another coil try it and see if it works.

 

[Finderskeeper]

I agree with Mel. Sounds like you have a battery that is either dying or not charged enough.

Charge that battery up and try the WOT with it. If it still gives problems, then wire the factory coil back on to see if it is ok.

My guess is that it is the battery.

 

[tomcatpl]

did u melt some of the wire protection by any chance? ...u said that ur sodering skills are bad just trying to think of everything


i mest up my wireing before but nothing happend to my detector

 

[borntofli]

Ok, charged my battery overnight...... spliced original coil back on, no way to wire wrong.....Made sure its on threshold....Hooked it up and turned it on....Nothing.....

My external speaker quit working last week, but headphones have always worked......Could it be the headphone jack finally went bad all the way???

I tested my headphones and they work in another device....

I have read in an instruction post on splicing that when you mix 2 wires up you just get no threshold... No harm to unit, just switch the 2 wires... I did all that.....

I guess the next step is to send it to minelab and have them fix the headphone jack and then start all over........

 

[borntofli]

IT WORKS!!!!!! Not sure what was wrong..... I did open the case and mess around w/ the headphone jack some......

After all the attempts at soldering, I'm pretty good at it now.... Nice clean solder connections.....

Thanks everyone for all their help.....On to the next project.....

 

[Tin Fin]

Sounds like you might have a loose wire on the headphone jack, or the opposite end of that - solder can look good, but actually be a bad connection. If this happens again, then it's probably a wire that jiggled and is no longer connected. If that's the case, then you have to figure out which one (wire) it is, de-solder it, clean the wire and the connector, make a solid connection, and resolder it. I have had this happen. It wasn't a bad job to start with, just movement (from the MD riding in the car/truck) and age (possibly with some exposure to the weather) that caused it. Solder warms up, and cools down; when that happens too much (too hot, then cooling) it can cause "micro fractures" in the solder, which can eventually lead to an intermitent disconnect problem. The heat/cool sequence doesn't usually happen on headphone jacks, at least not for me - but it has a couple times.

Now that your soldering skills have improved, you will be up for the job if needed

p.s. It also helps to "test solder" something before working on a project sometimes - set up a couple scrap wires (of the same type/size you will be working with) to make sure you have all your steps down, temperature of soldering iron is up to the job, and that you clean the parts properly before hand, etc. Just a thought.

 

[Critterhunter]

I've got one word that will make a novice an expert at soldering...FLUX. Dab a bit of it on both surfaces before soldering. Sometimes if the surface is really badly oxidized (like from failed attempts at soldering it) you should use some steel wool or sand paper to remove that, then flux, then solder. It also helps to clamp the two pieces together so you don't have to hold them together while soldering. Shakey hands and movement while the solder is still liquid and cooling off can cause a bad connection.