Low battery question on the Ace 250

[gordygroover]

Well here is another really dumb question for ya...I have yet to replace the batteries in my 250 as I still have three bars of power on my indicator, BUT
when I do get down to the really weak battery stage will the unit give me a warning chirp like a cell phone? Will my search depth go shallower and shallower? Will my unit just light up and do nothing ?
Spare batteries in my hunting pouch but just not sure how to tell when I will absolutely need them.
Any help out there???

 

[khouse]

If you let the batteries get too low you will get 10 beeps. That's enough time to lay the detector down and run because it will explode!
I change the batteries when it hits 2 bars. I really don't know if it will explode if the batteries get any lower?

 

[Uncle Willy]

When you get to one bar change the batteries. If you run it down close to zero the detector will become erratic.

Bill

 

[khouse]

I've never ran mine down to 1 bar but I'll try it since Bill says to. Thanks.

 

[IndianaSmith]

[quote khouse]If you let the batteries get too low you will get 10 beeps. That's enough time to lay the detector down and run because it will explode!
I change the batteries when it hits 2 bars. I really don't know if it will explode if the batteries get any lower?[/quote]

I do the same, well except for the running part I just save the old batteries for other uses, small maglight, TV remote, etc. Something I don't "depend" on like the MD.

Smitty

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah no sense wasting money. I run my rechareables down to one bar, but they last forever.

Bill

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Kenny.
Are you trying to start up some new myths? It's just as well that you don't use them on a mine field cause the operator want know which devise will blow up in his face.
Mick Evans.

 

[tab-nabit]

Can one shove them down the barrel of a muzzle loader black powder rifle and launch them toward the truck bed, hoping it lands in the bed, so they can haul them home for proper disposal? Now what did I do with those D cells that wouldn't fit in my ACE?

 

[khouse]

Your right Mick. Maybe we should leave this on to the myth busters.

 

[awhitster]

[quote tab-nabit] so they can haul them home for proper disposal? [/quote]I just bury them in the back yard. Makes good fertilizer.

 

[robert roy]

My experience has been that when I got too low, the VID went crazy bounching
all over the place. I replaced the batteries and PRESTO! Everything was fine.
Robert R

 

[robert roy]

No really! We have some burnt patches here in Indiana where some guys
let the Batteries run too low. The Ace just went up in a mini mushroon cloud!
Nothing left of the MDer!. Some burnt up cows though!
Robert R

 

[cwilk]

I always replace batteries when two bars are consistantly indicated. I tried to go lower and found that performance suffered including depth and visual id.

Chris

 

[IndianaSmith]

[quote robert roy]No really! We have some burnt patches here in Indiana where some guys
let the Batteries run too low. The Ace just went up in a mini mushroon cloud!
Nothing left of the MDer!. Some burnt up cows though!
Robert R[/quote]

Also residing in Indiana, I can vouch for this phenomenon RR speaks of. However, if the detectorist is quick enough to avoid becoming part of said "mushroom cloud"..... they'll find themselves in for a midwestern treat........beef BBQ

Smitty

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

That's a top show. I only discovered it a couple of years back. The whole family enjoys it.
Mick Evans.

 

[robert roy]

Or you can wrap them up nicely and bury
them for the next metal detect........Oh forget it. I'm just
being bad!

Robert R

 

[Uncle Willy]

I never have that problem.

Bill