deben mk3 problem

[davius74 0]

i was out with the ferrets today and the ferret lost its collar down a hole i put the mk3 reciever on and searched the area but could not find it the collar was definatley switched on because i tried it before i sent her down so any way couldnt find collar .when i got home i tested the finder and realised its only picking up collars up to 7 foot and no higher anybody else had this problem

[Bird Ie 7]

does the orange box say ferret reciver on

[davius74 0]

no just reciever mk3

[jimster68 123]

did you go back to the previous warren you had just been ferreting ,the coller could have sliped of the ferret and mabe you hadnt noticed ,then when you used the ferret again you might not have noticed the coller missing .

also sometimes collers can come of when ferrets get cought in purse nets if coller wasnt put on tight enough in the first place .

only time i had a bad reading from my mk3 was when batteries in coller was were low on power .reciever was showing coller down ten feet .it was nr end of day out and me and a mate decieded to start digging down as ground was very sandy and we were miles from home and didnt want to lose ferret and coller ,luckily when we started digging we found the ferret 3ft down eating a rabbit .i got back to the car and changed the batteries and the coller began working perfectly and showed the correct distance from the reciever .................................jim

[Guest vin]

or the warren is very deep.. i was out yesterday in some very sandy warrens and the locator was off the scale on search..I had no reading at all untill they started coming up from below 16ft... very tricky. . . glad i didnt have to dig.

[davius74 0]

the collar was definatley on her before i put her down i tested the locator when i got home and as soon as i walked more than 7 foot from the collar i got no readings on the reciever at all

[sam007 34]

I don't know the cicumstances but perhaps the search/locate switch is

not changing from locate as this will only locate upto 8ft.

secondly as said perhaps the battery was low which could cause it.

I personally change the collar batteries every time I go out

they are pennies it's not worth risking it.

I must say I have not had any probs and I have beenusing one for

2 years.

Try and borrow another and go back and try and find it

Sam

[Bird Ie 7]

i had a problem with mine the ferret finder one its the old version to the new locator deben want 20 quid just to tell you the problem

[sam007 34]

i had a problem with mine the ferret finder one its the old version to the new locator deben want 20 quid just to tell you the problem

I don't know what you mean but the old Mk1 collar will not

work with the new locator ,but tyhe mk3 collar will work

with the Mk3m locator but I have found that it is not as accurate

as the MK3m collar

Sam

[davius74 0]

I don't know the cicumstances but perhaps the search/locate switch is

not changing from locate as this will only locate upto 8ft.

secondly as said perhaps the battery was low which could cause it.

I personally change the collar batteries every time I go out

they are pennies it's not worth risking it.

I must say I have not had any probs and I have beenusing one for

2 years.

Try and borrow another and go back and try and find it

Sam

you were right mate it was stuck on locate i opened it up theres a small piece of metal on the switch that just needed popping back into place

[sam007 34]

I don't know the cicumstances but perhaps the search/locate switch is

not changing from locate as this will only locate upto 8ft.

secondly as said perhaps the battery was low which could cause it.

I personally change the collar batteries every time I go out

they are pennies it's not worth risking it.

I must say I have not had any probs and I have beenusing one for

2 years.

Try and borrow another and go back and try and find it

Sam

you were right mate it was stuck on locate i opened it up theres a small piece of metal on the switch that just needed popping back into place

Glad you found the prob I will remember that incase it happens to me

Sam