Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50 PRO LRF Crashing.

[SuperAdventurer]

Anybody ever had a problem with their Pulsar Thermion crashing?

Scope is about 6 months old and has worked flawlessly till this weekend.

I was out Friday night and I hit record before taking a shot at a fox and my scope crashed, image paused for a second before the unit just shut down. I managed to get it turned on again quickly and did not try to record again just took the shot, with the shot seeming to cause the scope to crash again. I turned it back on again to confirm the shot and then tried to record, which successfully managed to record a short video.
I later had another fox where I did not try to record just took the shot and the scope crashed, again seemingly from the shot!

Anyone ever experienced this or got any ideas as to what maybe causing the problem.


Many thanks
Gary

 

[Rogerp]

I have a xq50 pro & on Thursday night mine acted exactly the same, froze after a shot then turned on again worked fine again till another shot. Brought mine at the end of Jan 2023, worked faultlessly till now

 

[mealiejimmy]

Sounds like a poor battery contact

Cheers

Bruce

 

[SuperAdventurer]

The internal battery was full.

The scope was on my 204 so we're not talking massive recoil. When I got home I turned the scope on and knocked the butt of the stock on the floor a few time to try and replicate it, and the scope remained on and working.

Cheers

 

[Rogerp]

Exactly what I did & same result

 

[Rogerp]

went out tonight had a shot & the scope froze again. So after Bruce’s advice I tried a different battery in the scope, fired a shot & the scope didn’t freeze so looks like it is a battery issue.

 

[Triggermortis]

I routinely spray the contacts on all my NV/thermals with contact cleaner in order to prevent problems of this nature.
Triggermortis

 

[Rogerp]

Which one do you use?

 

[Triggermortis]

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[DJR95]

I have been zeroing my thermion2 XP50 tonight and it has been crashing after every shot. Did anyone find out why this was happening?

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

I would say possibly a slight intolerance with battery size , to test the function, see if you can put a small piece of thin card in cap and check if still doing it .

 

[Rogerp]

Put a piece of card in mine as instructed & will report back tomorrow night.

 

[jall55]

Put a piece of card in mine as instructed & will report back tomorrow night.

Not much good really though
4 k plus scope and its needs a bit of card ?!?

 

[DJR95]

Not much good really though
4 k plus scope and its needs a bit of card ?!?

Yeah exactly and only 6 months old, luckily it’s a estate scope and not my money but still needs sorting and be right for the money they paid!

 

[DJR95]

Put a piece of card in mine as instructed & will report back tomorrow night.

I’ve just done mine aswell and going out now, I’ve used a piece of card from a shotgun cartridge box not sure if it will be wide enough but we will see

 

[DJR95]

Put a piece of card in mine as instructed & will report back tomorrow night.

I’ve just done mine aswell and going out now, I’ve used a piece of card from a shotgun cartridge box not sure if it will be wide enough but we will see

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

Not much good really though
4 k plus scope and its needs a bit of card ?!?

It's just to see if its a slight battery tolerance issue, as its not spring loaded.

 

[jall55]

It's just to see if its a slight battery tolerance issue, as its not spring loaded.

Fair play - but what then if it is ?

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

Fair play - but what then if it is ?

Change battery or cap.

 

[DJR95]

I

Put a piece of card in mine as instructed & will report back tomorrow night.

used some card in mine last night shot a fox and it crashed luckily the person stood next to me had a pair or mergers to see what happened and that was with card in the battery tube. Maybe the card was to think? I still can’t understand why that would cause it to crash when it has an internal battery. Surely it would just switch over the to internal battery of the external one was to disconnect (like it does when it dies?