- Jul 27, 2006
- 48,483
- 54,951
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab_Equinox_ 800 Minelab_CTX-3030 Minelab_Excal_1000 Minelab_Sovereign_GT Minelab_Safari Minelab_ETrac Whites_Beach_Hunter_ID Fisher_1235_X
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
MT Pockets and I worked on my backup Excal Friday night. We spliced on my Sunray S-12 coil. I decided to do a straight splice rather then do the waterproof connector, mainly because I didn't have a connector on me, and since I have an Excal with a WOT on it already decided to just splice the S-12 on the other one.
After insulating and splicing the wires, I cover the splice first with a piece of insulation cut off a power cable, that was split down the center. we had already slid on two pieces of heat shrink, second one longer then the first one.
We slid the first heat shrink over the splice heated it up to shrink it, then covered both ends with liquid tape to make it waterproof, we then slid the second longer heat shrink over the first one and it with liquid tape. Last night covered the entire length of heat shrink with liquid tape again, and today I put a coat of Pastic-Dip over that and then put a 6 inch length of split flex tubing over it to protect it from any damage sitting in my truck....
NOTE......Splicing it is not easy since the two shield wires are not insulated, rather they are just wrapped around their primary wire, you have to be very careful during the splice or they will short out and you will get no sound.........
NOTE ANY MODS WILL VOID ANY WARRANTY YOU HAVE ON THE EXCALIBUR AND THE SUNRAY.....
Minelab Excalibur 1000
Red------TxA
Black----TxB
Yellow---RxA
White---RxB
Sunray S-12 Coil
Red Insulated Wire------Tx
Bare Wire wrapped around Red Insulated Wire Is It's Shield Ground
Clear Insulated Wire-----Rx
Bare Wire Wrapped Around Clear Insulated Wire Is It's Shield Ground
Splices
Insulating The Cable Using 2 layers Of Heat Shrink, Then Covered In Liquid Tape, Then A Final Coat Of Plastic-Dip.
Final Results
After insulating and splicing the wires, I cover the splice first with a piece of insulation cut off a power cable, that was split down the center. we had already slid on two pieces of heat shrink, second one longer then the first one.
We slid the first heat shrink over the splice heated it up to shrink it, then covered both ends with liquid tape to make it waterproof, we then slid the second longer heat shrink over the first one and it with liquid tape. Last night covered the entire length of heat shrink with liquid tape again, and today I put a coat of Pastic-Dip over that and then put a 6 inch length of split flex tubing over it to protect it from any damage sitting in my truck....
NOTE......Splicing it is not easy since the two shield wires are not insulated, rather they are just wrapped around their primary wire, you have to be very careful during the splice or they will short out and you will get no sound.........
NOTE ANY MODS WILL VOID ANY WARRANTY YOU HAVE ON THE EXCALIBUR AND THE SUNRAY.....
Minelab Excalibur 1000
Red------TxA
Black----TxB
Yellow---RxA
White---RxB
Sunray S-12 Coil
Red Insulated Wire------Tx
Bare Wire wrapped around Red Insulated Wire Is It's Shield Ground
Clear Insulated Wire-----Rx
Bare Wire Wrapped Around Clear Insulated Wire Is It's Shield Ground
Splices
Insulating The Cable Using 2 layers Of Heat Shrink, Then Covered In Liquid Tape, Then A Final Coat Of Plastic-Dip.
Final Results
Amazon Forum Fav 👍
Upvote
0
Before ya take it out check the battery pod 
but why the S-12 & not another WOT? 
