Charger Woes

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Published: May 4, 2010

When I got to Thailand, I was loving the detecting at Koh Samet.  But then, my charger died. Really – I killed it.  This is the charger for the Minelab Excalibur II 800.  In the instruction manual, it states that the batter can handle 110-240V – so I figured that the charger also covered the same voltage.

I was wrong.  My bad for not checking – my charger is only 11o and Thailand is 220.  So, I friend my charger.  Bad on Minelab for not having a universal charger like every other electronic device I own.

I was able to find a replacement charger online that goes from 110-240 but they won’t ship to Thailand.  Fortunately, I have a friend in Hawaii who ordered for me and had it shipped to his house.  Then, he re-shipped it to me in Thailand and I sent him payment via Paypal.

So, I have to wait for weeks and pay double shipping just so I can get back in the water and hunt.  In the meantime I will have to use my Minelab X-Terra 705 and my wife’s ACE 250.  I can get them wet but only up to the control box.  I am hoping to get the Excal charged up and hunt in the next couple of weeks with it.

Tagged with: charger, excalibur, minelab, thailand

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