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Title: battery box Post by: digger on February 24, 2009, 12:12:10 PM I got really teed-off with my F75 after Sunday,s Club rally. The stupid thing
sometimes shut off as I put it down to examine excavated earth, then it decided to go into All Metal for no reason at all. I rang up Joan Allen and they said to send it back. I,ve done this and hopefully it will be returned working well again. In time for the next Club rally I hope. :( :'( :'( STAN Title: Re: battery box Post by: altinkum on February 24, 2009, 02:10:37 PM sorry to hear that stan. mine has been sound from day 1 that's the trouble with mass produced product's there's allway's going to be one or two that get passed quality control. hope it's sorted soon mike
Title: Re: battery box Post by: Richy on February 24, 2009, 02:26:27 PM Stan detectors are like everything else......they're OK as long as they're working properly but become a pain in the butt when they go wrong. :( I've never dealt with JA but I shouldn't think it would take them long to fix it. Is it still under warranty?
Richy. Title: Re: battery box Post by: digger on February 25, 2009, 12:03:03 PM Yes, it,s still under warranty. Only got it end of April last year. All these problems
started when I finished assembling it. I put the supplied batteries in, switched on, and the box started smoking. Panic stations. Switched off, removed buggered batteries, inserted new ones, switched on, allworking normally. Definitely a connection problem. It,s been working on and off fairly decently until now, but Sunday,s fiasco finally popped my cork. Hopefully, J.A will fix it up for me, or if they,re in a good mood, send me a new unit. Oh yes, forgot to mention, the battery box is loose on it,s mounting, and wobbles slightly as I sweep. I,ve checked the retaining bolts, and they were NOT loose. All in all, a pretty poor quality for a plastic machine costing £600. Maybe I should send this posting off to Fisher in the good-old U.S of A . :'( :'( stan Title: Re: battery box Post by: Richy on February 25, 2009, 01:50:04 PM Blimey Stan if it started smoking as soon as you put the batts in there must be a short in there somewhere, I'd have sent it back straight away.
Richy. Title: Re: battery box Post by: digger on March 02, 2009, 12:45:33 PM Got my tector back from J.A on Friday last. Springs done, test done. Seems to be
in good working order. The proof will come on the Club rally next Sunday. That,s what most beepers are like, that one day all will come right. STAN Title: Re: battery box Post by: digger on March 09, 2009, 11:23:22 AM Looks like Joan Allen did the biz for me. On yesterday,s rally I had no probs at all.
Only found a bag seal, and a large Roman ( sestertius??) can,t see much detail. But anyway, my machine acted perfectly. All I hope for now is a great find next Saturday ::) ::) Hope springs eternal etc. STAN Title: Re: battery box Post by: altinkum on March 09, 2009, 01:04:52 PM glad it's all sorted out for you stan. mike
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