Made it to a freshwater beach this weekend with my new GT. When I got there I turned the volume switch on and the machine wouldn't power on. I thought great, I left the volume switch on and the battery is dead. I switched out the battery pack with the alkaline pack and same problem, the machine wouldn't turn on. I took the battery pack out a couple times and put it back in because I couldn't believe that both batteries were dead. Eventually after snapping the alkaline pack in the machine turned on so I started hunting. While hunting I found that any pressure on the battery pack, such as kneeling down and setting the machine on my leg or the ground would cause the machine to power off and I'd have to jiggle the control housing to get it back on. Ant ideas what is causing this intermittent power problem?
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Problem turning on the GT
- Thread starter BHNugget
- Start date
Sure sounds like the battery contacts where it connects into the GT are not making a good contact. I would clean them and make sure the clips on the pack is not bent in so they can not contact the connection point on the GT.
I hope it is just something that simple.
Rick
I hope it is just something that simple.
Rick
deepdiger60
New member
I agree with Rick i had the same problem just bend the battery tabs out just a little so both make good contact after doing that i had no problem with my GT shutting on and off . GL Jim
Well, the good news is the rechargeable battery pack was dead and the GT didnt do it with that pack once it was charged up. As for the alkaline pack, I found that if I lay an old credit card on top of the batteries before I close the lid of the pack it no longer gave me problems. I also made it to the lake for the first time with the new GT and had a great day. I left my camera at work so I'll post some pics tomorrow. 