Thanks! I had a Dakota alert that gave a bit of trouble and ate batteries. To fix it would have cost about twice what a Mighty Mule was new. Our FM231 Mighty Mule works great and only started giving us trouble after around 5 years. It's giving false alarms and acting up. I took it all apart cleaned the battery terminals on the transmitter, checked it out and did some tests. Same results. Meanwhile, I ordered another one. Good bang for the buck so far. I'll troubleshoot the old one this winter. It would be nice to have 2 on our long driveway.
The alarm worked for about a year after this repair then it started giving false alarms. I took it apart and found what I believe to be a tiny capacitor burned out. I say “believe” because I’m only 90 percent sure it is a capacitor and I don’t have anyway of testing it so a dark coloring on it makes it look burned. And with so many unknowns I decided to buy a new one. They really are a good buy for the money.
@@hartshut Gosh. Thanks! I have a different receiver(it's round) but my transmitter looks identical to yours. I'll check it out. My receiver actually has a crystal but the transmitter has the blue oscillator. I think I ordered the set from a commercial supplier. I'll let you know if I figure it out.
Thanks! I had a Dakota alert that gave a bit of trouble and ate batteries. To fix it would have cost about twice what a Mighty Mule was new. Our FM231 Mighty Mule works great and only started giving us trouble after around 5 years. It's giving false alarms and acting up. I took it all apart cleaned the battery terminals on the transmitter, checked it out and did some tests. Same results. Meanwhile, I ordered another one. Good bang for the buck so far. I'll troubleshoot the old one this winter. It would be nice to have 2 on our long driveway.
The alarm worked for about a year after this repair then it started giving false alarms. I took it apart and found what I believe to be a tiny capacitor burned out. I say “believe” because I’m only 90 percent sure it is a capacitor and I don’t have anyway of testing it so a dark coloring on it makes it look burned. And with so many unknowns I decided to buy a new one. They really are a good buy for the money.
@@hartshut Gosh. Thanks! I have a different receiver(it's round) but my transmitter looks identical to yours. I'll check it out. My receiver actually has a crystal but the transmitter has the blue oscillator. I think I ordered the set from a commercial supplier. I'll let you know if I figure it out.
Amazing.