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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Equipment => Ice Fishing With Electronics => Topic started by: xxxbeer247 on Jan 19, 2019, 07:56 PM
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I went to use my vexilar fl-8 this morning and on what I thought was a fully charged battery...... and nothing. Highly frustrated I plugged it in tonight and the charger went to green light immediately claiming it was fully charged. So it turns on and functions while the charger is hooked up but as soon as I unplug the charger the whole unit goes dead? Without being plugged in nothing happens as you turn it on. Is this most likely just a bad battery or is the whole unit shot? It is only 5 years old too btw.
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Sounds like your battery
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For sure the battery. If it is the Vex itself, i would be shocked.
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Try a different charger. I had one do the same thing. Bought two new batteries and found out a week later it was the charger that was bad. I now use a Battery Minder charger.
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Battery for sure. Do you have another battery you could swap it out with or a buddie you could borrow his and test it out.
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Sounds like a bad battery
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My fl8 is 11 years old and runs like new, I change battery once few years back, try discharge and charge few times at summer time, unused battery go fast....
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Thanks everyone. I do turn it on occasionally during the summer months as I was told to do but given the responses I will be ordering a new one immediately.
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I had avec fl-8 for 15-20yrs. Changed batteries once and once charger....not bad....yours I think battery. Now have marcum m-1...changed battery after 1st year..the 7ah battery sometimes didn't last all day...changed to 9ah and fine now.
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Had same thing happen to me this week with FL18, turned out to be loose connection on battery. Sounds like charger if all connections ok. Call Vexilar, their customer service is great, and will troubleshoot what the problem is.
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Need new battery for sue
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I went to use my vexilar fl-8 this morning and on what I thought was a fully charged battery...... and nothing. Highly frustrated I plugged it in tonight and the charger went to green light immediately claiming it was fully charged. So it turns on and functions while the charger is hooked up but as soon as I unplug the charger the whole unit goes dead? Without being plugged in nothing happens as you turn it on. Is this most likely just a bad battery or is the whole unit shot? It is only 5 years old too btw.
I could be wrong but I believe that the on/off switch of the Vexilar should be in the "on" position while charging. It may be worth giving this a try before buying a new battery.
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Test it with different 12v battery. Should let you know quick if you need new battery or a repair. I would guess from what you described that battery is bad. Check terminals for corrosion, etc. to see if that is the problem.
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If it works on the charger but stops working after its the off charger.dead cells in battery.cant take a load.that how vexilar recommends checking the unit.
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A few have said it try a new charger. Gator clip ones work the best in case the plug to the unit itself were broke
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My battery did the same thing, green light and all. New battery from runnings $23 and I was back in business
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ask someone if you can hook up their battery that will tell you in a second
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Same here,out once this year vex was fine,On the ice. tryed to charge battery green light. 12v was only 9.6v.On my way for new battery! Have fun tight lines.
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Good video in general ...5:14 mark to test unit
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I ordered a new 9ah battery on eBay for $22. Buddy has a charger I can try also just to be sure it’s not that. Should be back in business for the weekend! Thanks again to all that replied
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I will bet it is a bad battery. I just had this happen on a reconditioned fish scout camera I got from Vexilar. battery ended up only putting out 6 volts when I checked it with a volt meter. this meant I had half the battery shot. replaced the battery and was good to go.
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I could be wrong but I believe that the on/off switch of the Vexilar should be in the "on" position while charging. It may be worth giving this a try before buying a new battery.
You are correct if it has an on/off switch. My FL20 has one - my FL18 did not.
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I had the same issue, bought a new battery and no issues. My old batteries where 2 yrs old. My new batteries I tried the old charger and still get the green light after using them. So I just use my marine battery charger .