jw tolley 2 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 does anyone know if you can get the mk1 ferret finder square box one repaired or service. Quote Link to post
DILLIGAF 0 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 yeah, snet two of mine to deben in october, took about two weeks and cost about 20quid each Quote Link to post
Guest Bigbob Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Pretty sure they put the price up to £40 a box Quote Link to post
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Pretty sure they put the price up to £40 a box And what do they do to your finder for your £40? I mean it is basically a graduated transistor radio tuned to your collar frequency, so other than maybe re-painting the graduations on the black wheel, and having a quick 'hoover' round what else can they do? Sure enough if the box is faulty then I could see diagnostics or replacement parts would cost, but a service?? I would ask them what exactly this super-tuning entails before you send them . . . OTC Quote Link to post
jw tolley 2 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Pretty sure they put the price up to £40 a box And what do they do to your finder for your £40? I mean it is basically a graduated transistor radio tuned to your collar frequency, so other than maybe re-painting the graduations on the black wheel, and having a quick 'hoover' round what else can they do? Sure enough if the box is faulty then I could see diagnostics or replacement parts would cost, but a service?? I would ask them what exactly this super-tuning entails before you send them . . . OTC YEH £40 gold plated? what did they do. Quote Link to post
DILLIGAF 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 dont know what they do but they get them going again. They did replace the ferrite bar in one of mine because it had snapped and been stuck back together again Quote Link to post
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 dont know what they do but they get them going again. They did replace the ferrite bar in one of mine because it had snapped and been stuck back together again A brand new Ferrite Rod would cost you under £2 from a reputable electronic components company like Maplin. I just cannot see the justification for spending £40 that's all OTC Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 normally the only real problems you get with them is dry joints takes minutes to find and less time to re solder. the main problem area is on the three prongs on the board at the back of the wheel. Quote Link to post
Gin 498 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Its now £49 to have it repaired or serviced,- quoted from Deben. Still cheaper than a new one, but still costly. Quote Link to post
archiekale 427 Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 someone in south yorkshire repairs the boxes radio ham buff nice bloke also repaird a broken collar i bought a 8ftcollar he made no probs Quote Link to post
lamperman 12 Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 deben rub the numbers of the micro chips so anybody trying to repair them dosn t no what value the chips are its cheeper to get a 4 by 4 serviced Quote Link to post
archiekale 427 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 (edited) this guy in south yorkshire knows his collars are bang on repairs boxes no probs :thumbs-up: hes gooood Edited March 5, 2007 by archiekale Quote Link to post
tealer 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 does any one know adrress of the person in west yorkshire who mends old model ferret finders Quote Link to post
DILLIGAF 0 Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Does anyone know what the original numbers are on the chips, or what the frequency the collars operate on??? I fancy having a little project for the summer Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Does anyone know what the original numbers are on the chips, or what the frequency the collars operate on??? I fancy having a little project for the summer get a frequency scanner from maplins... http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criter...&source=15&SD=Y Quote Link to post
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