Locator not working

[Netmaker 909]

did you not get a magnet with it 

[_Lewis_ 23]

4 hours ago, Netmaker said:

did you not get a magnet with it 

No

[_Lewis_ 23]

4 hours ago, Wideboy said:

Have a look at the numbers on the batteries and come back and tell us what they are. Should be three numbers on it. 

394

[bunnyboiler 1,053]

Open both the collars and take a pic of the inside top and bottom and also inside the battery compartment on the locator and put them up on here 

[bunnyboiler 1,053]

And the bottom two screws on the locator

[Netmaker 909]

1 hour ago, _Lewis_ said:

No

Get a magnet and pass it over the side of the collar

[huckelberry 114]

somtimes the magnetic switch goes broken. in some cases a stronger magnet can still make the collar turn on and of. 

 

[Stevie E 66]

What batteries are they? I always use silver oxide watch batteries  (if there cheaper ones it may be the problem )in all my collars both 393 for the older mk 3 and 394  for the magnetic collars  and never had a problem  use the decent batteries for the finder too the newer boxes will pick up electrical interference from all sorts in the house so try it outside

[bunnyboiler 1,053]

What’s happened to the pics of your locator and collars Lewis ? Atb BB 

[Luckee legs 471]

On 16/10/2021 at 09:25, Gilbey said:

Was just telling the OP how mine turn on. If I'm the one talking bollocks lol

If it is working, remember to do the same to turn it off

Not at all, sorry it read wrong, my comments were about the forum generally, particularly on lurchers. I thought this thread was unusually helpful. Absolutely right to mention turning collar on, it's a shame these magnetic switches don't always go or off first time. If I didn't have more than one collar I'd often wonder if it's the collar or locator not functioning properly

[Luckee legs 471]

On 16/10/2021 at 09:25, Gilbey said:

Was just telling the OP how mine turn on. If I'm the one talking bollocks lol

If it is working, remember to do the same to turn it off

Not at all, sorry if my post didn't read as intended, I thought this thread was very helpful and kind . My snidey comments were directed at the forum in general, particularly on lurchers .

Completely right to mention turning collar on and off. Sounds like he didn't get a separate magnet, I find the locator magnet at then end of the mk3 hit and miss in switching and if I didn't have a few collars I'd often be wondering if something was up relying on that. I put the Deben magnets on a neck lanyard so I don't lose them 

[_Lewis_ 23]

Thanks so much everyone I managed to get one collar working, the other one never worked and I had the batteries head first because when they arrived the batteries were head first and it worked head first when I first got it but then it stopped working like that and when I was putting it on the magnet nothing was happening so I switched the batteries around thanks to that picture that was sent and I had no idea about the magnet so thanks everyone who mentioned that I hope it keeps working and I’ll see how it gets on 

[Arry 21,955]

The first thing about this thread I like is how positive it's been every body trying to help. 

Lewis I it was my collar that was not working I would clean all connections the touch the battery then get put a fresh battery in get a powerful magnet and keep passing it over that none working collar. See if it's just the mag switch thats stuck .

Cheers Arry

[micky 3,325]

On 18/10/2021 at 13:23, W. Katchum said:

Another thing I was thinking bout last night was a few years back I was brought a collar by a pal who said it was broken an asked me if I wanted it, I put new batteries in it, an it wouldn’t work. But for some reason if the 2 half’s were screwed together perfectly it wouldn’t work, but just unscrew then a millimetre or 2 or an it would work, so gave him it back in end an it worked since then 

I've had that lots of times with the Mk 1 collars  it was very easy to over tighten them causing them to stop working especially if they were a few years old .