My GTI 2500, which has been hanging in the garage for 18 months, will not switch on. New batteries = nothing. A repair company says it likely needs new circuit board but that these have not been manufactured for 5 years so there is nothing that can be done for it. Do I just junk it ??
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GTI 2500
- Thread starter Sandy2742
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Get a pecil with as eracer on one end. Clrean all the connection posts on both the battery holder terminals and termin anside the casing. See if that helps.
If I remember correctly the 2500 had 2 battery packs with 4 AA batteries in them. I had problems with a couple of these as sometimes if left batteries in it will in storage corrode the contacts of the packs , or they will sometimes the plastic will crack so the batteries wont make contact. With the alkaline AA battery in each pack check that there is the 6 volts in each back as there should be 2 pack in it. Each pack should measure 6 volts on a VTM meter, so it is supplying 12 volts total. This way you know it has the power to run it, then is the contact in the detector are cleaned to make good contact. If no go then there has to be something in the control box has a problem.
Check it out and see if you have the voltage at the pack first and see if any contact has corrosion on any of the contacts , if there is the eraser off a pencil normally clean off the slight corrosion, but if a lot of real corrosion it will need more help .
I hope it is that simple.
Rick
Check it out and see if you have the voltage at the pack first and see if any contact has corrosion on any of the contacts , if there is the eraser off a pencil normally clean off the slight corrosion, but if a lot of real corrosion it will need more help .
I hope it is that simple.
Rick
I too had some issues with those battery packs. I ran a voltmeter on a couple of them, and they wouldn't work unless they were physically twisted. I replaced them and problem was solved.
Odanscoils
Well-known member
Spraying the contacts with an oxy cleaner like Peavy guitar contact cleaner before using a brush or eraser will get them clean.
Most guitar stores sell it.
Blow dry with low pressure air.
Like canned air or regulated air compressor.
Around 10-15 psi.
Good Luck.
Most guitar stores sell it.
Blow dry with low pressure air.
Like canned air or regulated air compressor.
Around 10-15 psi.
Good Luck.
Boy I’m glad I purchased an extra set of the electronic boards for my gti 2500 when they were still available a few years ago. Also some others parts that aren’t available anymore. Did the same for my whites Detectors’s . The battery holders are still available for the gti 2500 if your old ones are cracked or twisted .