I decided to take a walk in the woods today with the E-Trac. I put new batteries in the AA holder and tried to turn it on.
It barely gets started, just makes a sort of hybrid clicking/eh sort of sound, no tones, the coil picture starts to swing from the left, swings about 1/2 inch and starts over with the weird sound... over and over. The screen shows and if I turn it to menu, it will flash the menu screen, over and over while making the weird clicking sound.
Then I tried the rechargeable battery pack... same thing. I tried some older batteries (there was another problem I'll mention below)... same thing. Tried a different coil, same thing, no coil, same thing.
About the batteries... I had a brand new pack of AA batteries I got at Publix. In one side, the side with the spring hidden down in the holder, the batteries barely fit... I mean I had to force them. The old Ray-O-Vac AAs I had fit better but I guess that is just a cheap Chinese battery tolerance problem and since the rechargeable pack didn't work either, well IDK if that is the problem).
I can make a video if no one has any idea what is wrong or what to try.
I tried the old slap the control box (not too hard of course) and that changed a couple of things. When I slapped it on the back, the side facing down the shaft I got an Over Voltage message, I slapped the other side and got a flat battery message.
Do you think both battery packs could need cleaning? It was working a few months ago, no problem and it has been kept in a bag. I usually carry it and a T2 with me in the bag but most of the summer it has been in the garage.
I tried holding the power to get to the factory reset but it just stays caught in the loop. If I hold the light button when I try to turn it on it goes back off.
I've never seen anything like this and have no idea what to try but I do have a multimeter and a few skills. IT is wy out of warranty, I got it when the ET first came out and well, Mineab isn't Tosoro!
Thanks for any help.
Juien
PS... Hello, sorry I've been such a stranger lately but a bad back and passing parents will do that. I still went back in the woods behind the house. Found a shot .22 and what looks like a .32, an old kids cowboy holster, and some sort of metal grate like off an old stove or heater... the cat and I had fun!
It barely gets started, just makes a sort of hybrid clicking/eh sort of sound, no tones, the coil picture starts to swing from the left, swings about 1/2 inch and starts over with the weird sound... over and over. The screen shows and if I turn it to menu, it will flash the menu screen, over and over while making the weird clicking sound.
Then I tried the rechargeable battery pack... same thing. I tried some older batteries (there was another problem I'll mention below)... same thing. Tried a different coil, same thing, no coil, same thing.
About the batteries... I had a brand new pack of AA batteries I got at Publix. In one side, the side with the spring hidden down in the holder, the batteries barely fit... I mean I had to force them. The old Ray-O-Vac AAs I had fit better but I guess that is just a cheap Chinese battery tolerance problem and since the rechargeable pack didn't work either, well IDK if that is the problem).
I can make a video if no one has any idea what is wrong or what to try.
I tried the old slap the control box (not too hard of course) and that changed a couple of things. When I slapped it on the back, the side facing down the shaft I got an Over Voltage message, I slapped the other side and got a flat battery message.
Do you think both battery packs could need cleaning? It was working a few months ago, no problem and it has been kept in a bag. I usually carry it and a T2 with me in the bag but most of the summer it has been in the garage.
I tried holding the power to get to the factory reset but it just stays caught in the loop. If I hold the light button when I try to turn it on it goes back off.
I've never seen anything like this and have no idea what to try but I do have a multimeter and a few skills. IT is wy out of warranty, I got it when the ET first came out and well, Mineab isn't Tosoro!
Thanks for any help.
Juien
PS... Hello, sorry I've been such a stranger lately but a bad back and passing parents will do that. I still went back in the woods behind the house. Found a shot .22 and what looks like a .32, an old kids cowboy holster, and some sort of metal grate like off an old stove or heater... the cat and I had fun!