And yet another flooded Equinox..

[Calabash Digger]

My 78 year old buddy dunked his 600 and 800 in the tub . Now the 600 is showing the CD error message. He is packing it up as I type this. I know some guys in the beach hunting club and I am gonna tell them to dunk their machines. I will report back...

 

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[IN DA HOLE]

Doesn't sound good. I smell massive recall ?

 

[smokeythecat]

They are not going to do a recall. Anyway, it's just GREMLINS!

 

[Bayoutalker]

Has anybody tested a recent return unit that had the problem? I hope they fixed the problem.

 

[Calabash Digger]

M y new unit is fine except I had to burp it....

 

[dirtlooter]

crazy, the bad part is how you had the one fail after 15 minutes and this one after a single dunking so no guaranty except time in water.

 

[smokeythecat]

Calabash, give it a burial at sea (bathtub) for an hour or so, to make sure. There are very few guarantees in life, and nothing like getting to a site and your chosen machine breaks.

 

[Bayoutalker]

I'm gonna dunk mine in my dog's pool tomorrow and see what happens. The weather is too hot to use it and there is plenty warranty left.

 

[smokeythecat]

Your dog has a pool? Awesome. Sounds nice till you clean the pool. What kind of dog?

 

[Bayoutalker]

Your dog has a pool? Awesome. Sounds nice till you clean the pool. What kind of dog?

He's a 7 month old mini australian shepherd named Rowdy. And yes he lives up to the name. He loves water and it gets hot here in Southeast Texas so I bought him a kiddie pool.

 

[smokeythecat]

Now that's a nice looking pup. I have cats. They don't want a pool. "Rowdy" - priceless. My new betta fish is named "Spunky", also for a good reason.

 

[Bayoutalker]

Ok guys, I dunked mine in the dog pool under about 6" of water for an hour. It was powered on and worked fine the whole time. I pulled it out and found a nickel buried about 4" deep. Still working great. No burp needed.

So what say you, can I trust it or is a deeper test needed?

 

[smokeythecat]

I think that would be ok. Do it again a few months before the warranty expires. Caution beats regrets.

 

[Bayoutalker]

I think that would be ok. Do it again a few months before the warranty expires. Caution beats regrets.

Will do. I'm sure it will get wet again before then.

 

[Toecutter]

Now I noticed my speaker gets muffled bad when in the water, but seems fine after awhile out of the water, is that a burping issue??

 

[Calabash Digger]

Might just have to dry out...if it stays that way it might be a burping issue.

 

[Doug H]

Ok guys, I dunked mine in the dog pool under about 6" of water for an hour. It was powered on and worked fine the whole time. I pulled it out and found a nickel buried about 4" deep. Still working great. No burp needed.

So what say you, can I trust it or is a deeper test needed?

I think further under water means more pressure on the unit, so you absolutely need to submerge more than 6 inches to test it. I think these people dunking it in their bathtubs are doing themselves an injustice...unless ofcourse you have a 6 foot deep tub. It may hold fine at 6 inches and the first time you go out with it on a real water hunt and put it under at 18 to 30 inches, all of a sudden it let's loose.

 

[Bayoutalker]

I think further under water means more pressure on the unit, so you absolutely need to submerge more than 6 inches to test it. I think these people dunking it in their bathtubs are doing themselves an injustice...unless ofcourse you have a 6 foot deep tub. It may hold fine at 6 inches and the first time you go out with it on a real water hunt and put it under at 18 to 30 inches, all of a sudden it let's loose.

That's what I was thinking. I understand water pressure as I am a scuba diver but I don't know at what depth these issues are occurring. I haven't noticed anyone saying how deep they were when it happened. That's what I was hoping to hear. It could be that it doesn't take much pressure to cause the leak depending on the cause.

In my case I doubt mine will ever see more than 18" deep. In fact I may not intentionally submerge the box except in a wave. If I want to go deeper I'll probably use my CZ21.

 

[Blak bart]

Took the 600 in 4 ft for 6 hours....worked great no leaks thank god !! Third or fourth time underwater but definitely the longest I've had it submerged.

 

[Bayoutalker]

Took the 600 in 4 ft for 6 hours....worked great no leaks thank god !! Third or fourth time underwater but definitely the longest I've had it submerged.

Was the box 4ft deep or just the water depth?