when dc 30 gets wet????

[outlawhounds]

i have changed all my dc 30s to day glow collars and tuffy skinn anttennas!! and since doing this when my dog cross creeks and or water the fabric gets wet, the collars almost stop cumuticating whit my hand held. i was woundering if any one else has had this kind of problem!!! I never simed to have this problem with the garmin collar, thanks so much!!!

[Dads dogboy]

Check your antenae connections....we run in water almost all the time, never have this problem. Have both old collars and Dayglo.

[Steve White]

I was waiting for Buddy to answer this one. Nothing yet, so here it is.

There is no way what you did would have any effect on the collar in the water. The antenna connector does not have any means of allowing water into the unit Nor would changing the collar cause the problem.

Most likely you are just loosing signal for some reason when the dogs enter the water. Collar twisted so antenna under it. A disruption in line of sight. Or, perhaps you damaged the GPS antenna when changing the collars.

[Houndhead]

How do you almost lose communication?

[Budd Denny]

I had 6 dc30, most being 2 years old so I changed batteries in 5 of them. Since doing that in less than 2 months I lost 4 collars to water damage. I think that small red gasket must have had a little dirt on it when I put them all back together. When I opened them back up there was moister inside the battery compartment. The 1 collar I never changed batteries in is still fine and the other collar I took back apart and sealed it with a fine bead of liquid gasket.
All have been on dayglo collars from day one.