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airmedic1

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I hunted all day on Tuesday as my wife was working a 48 hour ER shift and when I got home I noticed one of my T-5 Garmin minis needed charged. I attached the charging clips as I always do and yesterday morning noticed they all showed green which means fully charged. I removed the clips and took them hunting.
I tried to power two of the T5 minis on but they are completely dead! As a door nail! Neither one worked. I hunted for a few hours, came home and hooked them to my computer. They both connected to Garmin Web Updater but that didn’t make any difference.
I called Garmin Customer Service. They have discontinued the T5 Minis and don’t have an exchange program for them anymore. You can send them in and for $140 each they will rebuilt them but it will be 2 weeks turn around from when they receive them. Probably 4 weeks before they are back! Ugh! The customer service guy told me to try changing the battery which I did but it still didn’t work. When you attach the charging clip the light turns red and a few minutes later starts blinking red.
So, I have two new T20 collars on the way, be here next Tuesday I hope.
What are the odds that two would quit at the same time?
 
airmedic1 said:
I hunted all day on Tuesday as my wife was working a 48 hour ER shift and when I got home I noticed one of my T-5 Garmin minis needed charged. I attached the charging clips as I always do and yesterday morning noticed they all showed green which means fully charged. I removed the clips and took them hunting.
I tried to power two of the T5 minis on but they are completely dead! As a door nail! Neither one worked. I hunted for a few hours, came home and hooked them to my computer. They both connected to Garmin Web Updater but that didn’t make any difference.
I called Garmin Customer Service. They have discontinued the T5 Minis and don’t have an exchange program for them anymore. You can send them in and for $140 each they will rebuilt them but it will be 2 weeks turn around from when they receive them. Probably 4 weeks before they are back! Ugh! The customer service guy told me to try changing the battery which I did but it still didn’t work. When you attach the charging clip the light turns red and a few minutes later starts blinking red.
So, I have two new T20 collars on the way, be here next Tuesday I hope.
What are the odds that two would quit at the same time?
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Don’t buy any lotto tickets in the near future.
 
If they are the same age and get equal usage i am not surprised they died at the same time. Also there may have been an electrical surge that caused that. I would need a way to check the charger also.
 
Ditto, them LI chargers are well they tell us there smart chargers I like the dumb one. Try taking a 12v jump starter or battery and charge the collar. sometimes if the battery voltage gets to low the charger wont charge. good luck
 
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