Replacement PLB battery????

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Originally Posted by Russian 22.

it is not necessarily the price, just that it is advertised as a ten year battery and mine has run out in 6 years and never been turned on other than test mode

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Spoken to the retailer you bought it from? That sounds like a warranty issue..

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Originally Posted by erniec

My KTI is good to 2028, battery test ok.
How often do you test your battery and how much battery does it use?
Never gave it a thought up until now.

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Bingo.
The KTi manual warns against doing it more than once a month due to battery consumption.

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Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Spoken to the retailer you bought it from? That sounds like a warranty issue..

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I'll have to see what skippersmate says about it.

Test mine usually around twice a year

Re checking the Jotron PLB info - says 11 yr battery life, 5 yr warranty, NZ coded, $539.00 - 2024 pricing. The advert was in the latest FMC magazine.