Nox 800 out of warranty pod replacement info.

[Robinb]

Local guy to me used an eq800 (past tense). Over the warranty period he had 7 replacement control boxes due to water ingress. (he detects in the sea) He sold it as soon as warranty expired.

I have resolved the water ingress problem another way with a silicon seal in the handle to stop water getting into the battery and electronics.

 

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[Dan(NM)]

I spoke with one of the repair tech's at the Minelab repair center. I asked him about the leaking issue.

3 of the problems are with the battery compartment. One was the o-rings, second was the actual screw that held the battery door shut, cracking issue and 3rd was the one way bladder. Apparently the one way valve wasn't glued into place properly and was, from what I could gather, the biggest issue when it came to water intrusion.

It sounded like there were quite a few failures with the replacement pods when they did the pressure test before sending them to the customer.

I forgot to ask about the brass inserts, if that was an issue or not, he never brought it up. He never did mention anything about aftermarket shafts, more of a defective parts problem.