Melted my covert

[muddyboots]

Don't leave ur cam in ur truck right now in this heat. That is all.

 

[Andy S.]

You have to tell us more details, year/make/model, on the dash? How many hours?

 

[muddyboots]

Its 2 yrs old. MP6 I think. I basically have left it in my truck whenever its not on a tree so I will always have. Gonna put it out yesterday and basically the batteries melted. Changed batteries but no dice. She wont come on. My fault totally.

 

[Andy S.]

So the heat plus the batteries were the culprit, correct? FWIW, I would always remove batteries when not in use. Over time, they can leak and damage your internals and result in the same outcome, even without the summertime temps.

 

[muddyboots]

True Andy. Live and learn.

 

[Andy S.]

Live and learn.

Ask me how I know this? :grin:

 

[muddyboots]

Ha ha. U did it also ???

 

[TNGunsmoke]

Could have been the internal battery that keeps date/time was the culprit(if it has one) and not the main ones.

 

[Andy S.]

Ha ha. U did it also ???

I had a battery leak on me several years back but it didn't ruin the camera. After some research on other hunting forums at that time, I realized other folks had batteries leak excessively during storage and kill the camera too. Now I rarely leave batteries in a camera for more than a week or so if it's not being used or going to be used.

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

That sux