Is my Tesora broke

[Todd S]

Heh all,

I bought a Tesoro Sand Shark recently-new. I just took it into a lake for the second time, and it basically quit on me. Started making weird pulsating noises after about 15 minutes and just died. My wife had just put in new batteries. It worked well for the 15 minutes or so and I found two coins. So...is it broke? Any thoughts? I thought you could take it down to 200 feet!

Thanks,

Todd

 

[steve 1]

Check the batteries with a volt meter.. Sometimes batteries are old and no good straight off the store shelf

 

[rmptr]

Yes, batteries are the usual suspect!
I've learned the hard way, myself.

Do you have a small battery tester, Todd?

Even the very inexpensive VOMs from China have a battery test circuit for 9v, 1 1/2v, and some even handle button batteries.
They have a built in load tester, not just a volt meter.

Price is down to $2.09 which is awful cheap!

If it's not the batteries, just ship it back to the factory. Don't tamper with it!

Best
rmptr

 

[Todd S]

I don't have a teseter...but I checked all the batteries again...and sure enough... there was one in there that was a cheap battery. Replaced it and now it appears to be working!

Thanks