You say you don't need to keep the white plastic donut, and it works fine. I don't know how you did that, because without it, you would be connecting the positive and negative sides of the battery and it will short out. This will immediately drain the battery, get extremely hot and might even ignite. That's why they don't transport Li ion batteries in aircraft. KEEP THE WHITE DONUT! Then it works like you say. Thanks for the video; you are saving me a bundle!
Nice work. The original transmitters used a normal CR2430 battery. They later changed the design so it would require their special battery. I can only assume that was to generate revenue from battery sales, as the circuit boards hardly changed at all and they function exactly the same way. I don't have any of the forth-generation MS-4, but on my original (MS-1?) and MS-2 controllers, I stretch the spring around to the back side of the battery, put some heat shrink around the part of the spring that needs to be insulated away from the side of the battery, and drop in a CR2430. The best change I make is putting in a CR2450. The 5.0mm thick version of the battery lasts significantly longer, so I am not changing batteries nearly as often. Since a dead battery sometimes means cleaning the carpet, it is worth it. I'm sure stretching the spring voids the warranty, but I don't really care. No matter what battery I use, I put a zip tie around the transmitter to keep it closed. You can slide the zip tie off to the side when you want to open it.
...also, I made a pressure pad for the indoors, so even without a collar a dog can trigger the door. I wired it in to the "open" pushbutton. Now the collars are just for letting them in and. If I knew how to convert it to an RFID collar, I wouldn't need batteries, but haven't figured that out, yet. I'm not sure if I could use their pet tracking chips to open the door. Probably not.
No surprise to me... I am actually digging around for info on Invisible Fence "microlite" collar reciever batteries... I already just replace the guts of the proprietary battery... but problem is the dog has scratched at the collar in just such a way enough times that I am down to only a couple battery shells. There are a few companies who make questionable quality batteries but considering I don't need the actual batteries just the body, maybe it won't be an issue.
Wow this is amazing. My first one took about ten minutes, now I can crank them out in about three! Thanks for the savings (we have three dogs and a cat, thats four batteries at a crack).
Hey Mimi. Great video. I have had nothing but issues with these collars. I love this battery hack. I have had to order three of the water proof collars because each time the battery wears out and I try to open case the screw strips and then can't replace battery. If you put any kind of pressure on the case the plastic breaks. It has been so frustrating. And they raised the price of that collar by about $10. Very frustrating and you have to use the hi tec product for their door. The next video we need is how did you put the "key" on a regular dog collar. The one they provide is terrible and it would seem it's the only one you can use with the "key". Thanks for the good info on your video
Hi Stephanie. I was reading your post about stripping out the screws. It is hard to open, but with the right tools it is a little easier. Have you ever heard of IFIXIT? You can get technical tools for less than you could at Home Depot or the such. The screwdriver you need is a PH1. It will make the removal so much easier. Good luck!
I also love the video. I've had my door for over 10 years and still have the old type collar, but it's coming to the end of it's life after being chewed on so many time. Saw these new type collars (new to me anyway) but don't like the idea of them developing a modified battery that forces you to pay too much for a battery that they own the market of. Happy to see someone figured out a hack to use a battery you can buy anywhere. Now, the reason I'm replying to another comment, rather than creating my own. I see this video is six years old, so I hope you still see this Mimi. I couldn't agree with Stephanie more about showing us what you did with the collar. I absolutely hate the cheap collar they give you. For $50 (the current price for the new sensor) you'd think they would have developed the sensor with a better collar. Would love to take a better look at what you did. prestcs@comcast.net
Really good video and explanation! You're correct the other gentleman used the washers to maintain pressure/connection. Your methods worked great for me. If a connection was loose a couple of layers of tape, or duct tape - on top of the other tape may help. Don't use duct tape directly on the battery! I am not poor but with 3 dogs the best price they offer on their batteries is too high, and I like to keep fresh batteries so none of our dogs end up locked out. Thank you!
The way this company manipulates the battery situation, forcing you to pay 10x for theirs and another 10x for "shipping," it would be less criminal if they just robbed me at gunpoint. Less offensive too.
Amen. And it was a conscious decision to rob us. The old transmitter used a regular CR2430. They redesigned it intentionally to trick people out of their money. Unfortunately, their mediocre door is the only one on the market.
Thank you so much! I find that I cannot release the tab welds on the bottom of the battery with an Exacto knife, so I use a small flathead screwdriver from a glasses repair kit. And the metallic tape (Shurtape) works perfectly to hold the tabs down. I really like Hitec Pets' products, but I am not a fan of these recurring costs for batteries. And in my experience, the collars only last a year or two before they fail and need replacing. And why can't they come up with a better way to attach the transmitting collar to my dogs' regular collars? My dogs and big and like to play rough, and that thin collar is just not tough enough. Oh well.
I’m trying to find something helpful for repairing these collars that stop working and it’s not the battery. I just can’t easily replace them anymore and have several that stopped working over the years. Why do they stop working? Anyone know?
On our dog door, we have noticed that the door itself tends to want to not close all the way after she has used it the first time, and it keeps raising and lowering itself and wears out the battery. Any idea why this might be happening?
Sounds like you may have screwed the fastening screws into the wall a bit too tight, the instructions make mention that this may cause the pet door to take the shape of the wall, which in turn may warp the internal and add a friction to the siding of the door which may be misread as an obstruction causing the safety feature to open the door
I was wondering that too. So is it still working fine that way? Well I'm assuming you've needed to change out the battery again since this post but you just put the battery in "backwards"? You didn't use that strange casing with the metal tabs?
How long did the manufacturer battery last and how long did the CR2430 battery last? If the manuf. battery lasts like 6 months, the hacking just is not worth it.
I dont know if you reviewed the footage or not, but the manufacturer uses CR2430 batteries that they modify with that strip she removed. They'll have identical performance.
You will want to use some Orange Goo to clean the sticky off of your xacto knife between batteries. Probably obvious when you ge to do another one- but I learned this doing my second one. (And you're probably going to need band aids! I know I did. :-)
You say you don't need to keep the white plastic donut, and it works fine. I don't know how you did that, because without it, you would be connecting the positive and negative sides of the battery and it will short out. This will immediately drain the battery, get extremely hot and might even ignite. That's why they don't transport Li ion batteries in aircraft. KEEP THE WHITE DONUT! Then it works like you say. Thanks for the video; you are saving me a bundle!
Thank you!!!! Just replaced it with what you showed!!!!
Nice work. The original transmitters used a normal CR2430 battery. They later changed the design so it would require their special battery. I can only assume that was to generate revenue from battery sales, as the circuit boards hardly changed at all and they function exactly the same way. I don't have any of the forth-generation MS-4, but on my original (MS-1?) and MS-2 controllers, I stretch the spring around to the back side of the battery, put some heat shrink around the part of the spring that needs to be insulated away from the side of the battery, and drop in a CR2430. The best change I make is putting in a CR2450. The 5.0mm thick version of the battery lasts significantly longer, so I am not changing batteries nearly as often. Since a dead battery sometimes means cleaning the carpet, it is worth it. I'm sure stretching the spring voids the warranty, but I don't really care. No matter what battery I use, I put a zip tie around the transmitter to keep it closed. You can slide the zip tie off to the side when you want to open it.
...also, I made a pressure pad for the indoors, so even without a collar a dog can trigger the door. I wired it in to the "open" pushbutton. Now the collars are just for letting them in and. If I knew how to convert it to an RFID collar, I wouldn't need batteries, but haven't figured that out, yet. I'm not sure if I could use their pet tracking chips to open the door. Probably not.
Why doesn’t simply flipping the battery over work? Putting a small piece of tape the insulate all but the part the spring touches?
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No surprise to me... I am actually digging around for info on Invisible Fence "microlite" collar reciever batteries... I already just replace the guts of the proprietary battery... but problem is the dog has scratched at the collar in just such a way enough times that I am down to only a couple battery shells. There are a few companies who make questionable quality batteries but considering I don't need the actual batteries just the body, maybe it won't be an issue.
Wow this is amazing. My first one took about ten minutes, now I can crank them out in about three! Thanks for the savings (we have three dogs and a cat, thats four batteries at a crack).
this may be a 7 yr old video...but sure came in handy tonight!!! Thank you.🐶
Hey Mimi. Great video. I have had nothing but issues with these collars. I love this battery hack. I have had to order three of the water proof collars because each time the battery wears out and I try to open case the screw strips and then can't replace battery. If you put any kind of pressure on the case the plastic breaks. It has been so frustrating. And they raised the price of that collar by about $10. Very frustrating and you have to use the hi tec product for their door. The next video we need is how did you put the "key" on a regular dog collar. The one they provide is terrible and it would seem it's the only one you can use with the "key". Thanks for the good info on your video
Hi Stephanie. I was reading your post about stripping out the screws. It is hard to open, but with the right tools it is a little easier. Have you ever heard of IFIXIT? You can get technical tools for less than you could at Home Depot or the such. The screwdriver you need is a PH1. It will make the removal so much easier. Good luck!
I also love the video. I've had my door for over 10 years and still have the old type collar, but it's coming to the end of it's life after being chewed on so many time. Saw these new type collars (new to me anyway) but don't like the idea of them developing a modified battery that forces you to pay too much for a battery that they own the market of. Happy to see someone figured out a hack to use a battery you can buy anywhere. Now, the reason I'm replying to another comment, rather than creating my own. I see this video is six years old, so I hope you still see this Mimi. I couldn't agree with Stephanie more about showing us what you did with the collar. I absolutely hate the cheap collar they give you. For $50 (the current price for the new sensor) you'd think they would have developed the sensor with a better collar. Would love to take a better look at what you did. prestcs@comcast.net
Really good video and explanation! You're correct the other gentleman used the washers to maintain pressure/connection. Your methods worked great for me. If a connection was loose a couple of layers of tape, or duct tape - on top of the other tape may help. Don't use duct tape directly on the battery! I am not poor but with 3 dogs the best price they offer on their batteries is too high, and I like to keep fresh batteries so none of our dogs end up locked out. Thank you!
Worked like a charm! Thanks.
On the back of the transmitter you have a small loop of material with what looks to be a snap. Did you make that or where did you buy it? Thanks.
Thank you for this video. I had watched DJ's and it was difficult to see. Thank you both!!! Subscribing to you both!
The way this company manipulates the battery situation, forcing you to pay 10x for theirs and another 10x for "shipping," it would be less criminal if they just robbed me at gunpoint. Less offensive too.
Amen. And it was a conscious decision to rob us. The old transmitter used a regular CR2430. They redesigned it intentionally to trick people out of their money. Unfortunately, their mediocre door is the only one on the market.
Where did you get that little piece of fabric that holds the actual piece of the door opener to their collar?
Update you can go on eBay and get 20 of them for $21 so essentially the same price as the cr32 batteries but you don't have to modify it
Much better...your visuals definitely make it easier to follow.
Thank you so much! I find that I cannot release the tab welds on the bottom of the battery with an Exacto knife, so I use a small flathead screwdriver from a glasses repair kit. And the metallic tape (Shurtape) works perfectly to hold the tabs down. I really like Hitec Pets' products, but I am not a fan of these recurring costs for batteries. And in my experience, the collars only last a year or two before they fail and need replacing. And why can't they come up with a better way to attach the transmitting collar to my dogs' regular collars? My dogs and big and like to play rough, and that thin collar is just not tough enough. Oh well.
how long last those original battery?
Not all heroes wear capes! thank you!!!
I would like to know where you got the collars seen in the video. I really would like to use my dogs regular collar.
I like Mimi you have a nice voice and your video really helped me and my dogs love you
I’m trying to find something helpful for repairing these collars that stop working and it’s not the battery. I just can’t easily replace them anymore and have several that stopped working over the years. Why do they stop working? Anyone know?
I need a waterproof pouch for mine. The batteries only last a couple of days. I cant find a collar pouch. Any ideas?
I just replaced the battery in the collar and now the red test light won't go out. How do I fix it? I coudnt' find anything on High Tech. Thanks
On our dog door, we have noticed that the door itself tends to want to not close all the way after she has used it the first time, and it keeps raising and lowering itself and wears out the battery. Any idea why this might be happening?
Sounds like you may have screwed the fastening screws into the wall a bit too tight, the instructions make mention that this may cause the pet door to take the shape of the wall, which in turn may warp the internal and add a friction to the siding of the door which may be misread as an obstruction causing the safety feature to open the door
I just use the cr2430 and must put it in upside down because I dont modify anything and it works.
life apprxo 3-4 months
I was wondering that too. So is it still working fine that way? Well I'm assuming you've needed to change out the battery again since this post but you just put the battery in "backwards"? You didn't use that strange casing with the metal tabs?
How long does a battery last long for you?
Thanks
Is the ms 5 compatible and if so is it a better device compared to the 4..great video btw
How long did the manufacturer battery last and how long did the CR2430 battery last? If the manuf. battery lasts like 6 months, the hacking just is not worth it.
I dont know if you reviewed the footage or not, but the manufacturer uses CR2430 batteries that they modify with that strip she removed. They'll have identical performance.
What kind of collar is that? What does it do?
nice!
Thanks for the video. Be careful with the Exacto knife! One slip and you can get cut badly!
You will want to use some Orange Goo to clean the sticky off of your xacto knife between batteries. Probably obvious when you ge to do another one- but I learned this doing my second one. (And you're probably going to need band aids! I know I did. :-)