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  • Repair Fisher 1265 need urgent help!

    Need tips and help !

    A friend brought me some "burned" Fisher 1265. Some extended batt.pack was
    plugged with oposite polarities. MPSU51 died, also LM339 on the output.
    I replaced them and for the "first look" everything works fine.......but..
    1265 is acting normal as you switch it on for a minute or two,it
    detects items good and act quite usual.After 2-3 minutes(sometimes less), the
    sound starts to decay and finally pass out.No sound at all! At that exact
    moment when trying to test batt. with pushing that button, the sound appears
    loud and clear, like everyhing is normal.When releasing button, again no sound,
    no detecting.After that, when switch device off and wait a minute, and than switch
    it on again, everything acts normal again! No matter how many times i repeat that
    procedure,always acts the same. Present voltage is +6.80V and -3.85V, with 12V batt.
    I checked major number of components, finds nothing unusual.When unsolder lm336(zener)
    the voltages leveled at +/- 6.7 V till 7V aprox.LM336 is o.k. on testing.When i put
    another zener 2.5V or 2.7V instead LM336, again i have the same results like with
    LM336. I soldered again almost all pads, just in case of "cold soldering".I left it
    for 2-3 hours and when switch it on again , it works a much longer, almost 20-30 minutes
    good.I gave it to a friend to test it(since he using that 1265 for over the 10 years and
    he knows much better it's behavior). He was almost satisfied with it for the first hour or
    two, but later he noticed that there is no way to adjust it so that device should work with
    some minor background sound(he told me that is the best way to adjust 1265 on higher sensitivity
    for prospecting coins).So no background sound,and no way to obtain it.He explain me that
    on coin prospectin he is using both disc.-s, left one is adjusted on "2" and right one
    on "4". "Sens" is highest. In that position you must hear a noticeable background tone,when
    detect iron, 1265 is "clicking" over that tone, but when detecting a coin, 1265 is producing
    loud and sharp tone. At the moment, device is not producing background tone and it is a bit
    less sensitive, also my friend would like to return original behavior of the 1265.
    Since I am not using 1265 or similar i am not very familliar with it. I checked and tried to
    repair it but right now i do not have any idea more! Any body can help me ?
    KT315,GEO,QUIAOZHI,CARL,MICHAEL,JPLAYER and others H E L P !!!
    best regards
    ivconic
    One more thing!
    Friend noticed too,that SENS button appear's like no effect at all when random switching on and
    test it by turning it high or low.....!? Ts,ts,ts....
    1265 is quite usable device on the field. I noticed many times, my friend is "dumping" pockets
    with old Roman coins, detected with it.Also heard that 1266 has simillar results.Schematics are
    almost the same. But when using bigger spider coil with 1266 it is a bit harder to pinpoint
    exact position of a coin(which is o.k. by me, since it is larger coil).
    So at the end, again, need urgent help about 1265.Any tip?

  • #2
    hi ivconic, one friend may, whit some problem similar to you problem,solver, repair these difficult, in the socket of headphones, false contact, or carbon contact oxide corrosion in conections,or transfer to speaker and phones, see this, false contacts, ok
    detectoman

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    • #3
      can you give oscilloscope images on 8,4,11, 1 pins of U203? please note, any metal must be far from the coil.
      Attached Files

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      • #4
        Problem Fixed

        The problem is fixed.
        See the duplicate thread under Tech Forum.

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        • #5
          By the way...


          Detectoman thanks for tip!
          KT315 anyway i will try to post oscillogrames one of these days.My friend
          took detector.But i will return it and test with oscil. Although problem is fixed
          my friend told me that he has hunch that it is not the same detector any more!?
          Also,that machine is 10 years old. I replaced some parts with new one's. Whole
          design is acting a bit different now.I guess that old part lost "habit" with new one's....I noticed that phenomena with various old electronic devices...when replacing old parts with brand new one's....?!
          Oscilogrames can help a lot ... it is a good idea! I 'll post in a few days!
          Regards!

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          • #6
            I ahve a COMPLETE set of scillograms I took from one of these, but they zip up to a file too large to post on the forum. If you ask Carl, then maybe I'll send them to him (sorry I dont give out my email address) and he can sort something out for you.

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