Excal NiMH battery pod

[dbsmokey]

I have a cracked battery pod for my older excal 800. I want to upgrade to a NiMH battery, since the batteries are also not holding a charge for more than 2 hours. Can anybody recommend a dealer who might have the pods? I have contacted a couple and no one seems to have the pods...

Thanks

 

[hershey1]

Use search for batteries. Should be several sites that can help you out. HH

 

[kered]

You could paint the pod with epoxy or fiberglass resin to seal it over the cracks(make sure you don't seal the endcap), as to a nimh refil i got mine from here the charger on the page works ok too but not as good as the accucel6, as to a complete pod with batteries no idea who may have them in stock due to the recent shortage of minelab accesories but you could try ringing arround, Joe at Demarcos had them on offer not too long ago and may still have some, you could also get an alkaline pack and put a nimh refil into it, they say its not good for diving though only for wading, mine is ok but not tried it at any depth so far.

 

[erikk]

There is one on E Bay 4 $95.00

 

[dbsmokey]

There is one on E Bay 4 $95.00

Thanks but that one is NiCad. I want NiMH

 

[erikk]

There is one on E Bay 4 $95.00

Thanks but that one is NiCad. I want NiMH

If you need one and there are no others available buy the one on e bay, use it till it quits and replace the guts with a NiMH that they sell there too. At least you will have a a pod that is intact. From what I understand if you try to repair the pod and are unsuccessful and water gets in you will fry the battery and your excal

 

[Joe of South Jersey]

n/t

 

[dbsmokey]

Joe,

Do you have a website? I sent you a PM regarding this.

 

[Gulf Hunter]

http://demarcodetectorsales.com/index.htm

 

[kered]

if you clicked on the blue Demarco in my message it would have taken you to the website

 

[dbsmokey]

Got it, thanks

 

[obolus]

Watch this video, they replace the Ni-Mh battery pack :

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF8WWbN16Mk[/video]

 

[dbsmokey]

Cool video, but I have decided not to risk shorting the main unit by fooling with the battery pod innards.