Battery Question

[coinshooter1]

does it matter what kind of battery i use in my whites prizm iv. I just put in some new batteries and my machine has been going crazy. A quarter reads as a Zinc cent, and 5c reads as foil. there is something definately wrong. any clue anyone?

Thanks
coinshooter

[Frankn]

The short answer is no. The detector is designed to function within a specific voltage range which includes all cells of a specific type " like AA etc". Cells vary in voltage from app. 1.2v to app. 1.7v but the detector adjests for them. Different types of sells store different amounts of power so they don't all last the same amount of time. It is possible that a bad cell could cause a problem by varying its power. I would defiantly change all the cells for brand name cells as a first test.

[Sky Pilot]

Occasionally new batteries will cause a detector to go nuts.
I have replaced my batteries before and had to get a second pair of new ones.
Sometimes a cell is just bad like FrankN wrote, sometimes certain types of cells won't work in some detectors.
Best bet: Use only what the unit came with.

Regards, SkyPilot

[Born2Dtect]

I bought a box of 48 brand name batteries. My detector would not turn on. Checked each battery, 7 were 1.65 volts, one was 0.1 volts (dead out of a newly opened box). My point is check out everything don,t assme. Also by checking I did not thow out 7 good batteries.

Ed D.

[Sky Pilot]

I bought a box of 48 brand name batteries. My detector would not turn on. Checked each battery, 7 were 1.65 volts, one was 0.1 volts (dead out of a newly opened box). My point is check out everything don,t assme. Also by checking I did not thow out 7 good batteries.

Ed D.

Same here, Ed! There have been several times that a single cell has for some reason or another, been "dead", or shorted out and.....
the strange thing is, instead of simply showing "low battery", the unit acted ......... well, broken and just plain weird!

Regards, Richard