Its a Moultrie gamespy 200. So I'm guessing its 3-4 yrs old. I'm not very electrical inclined so I don't know about the grounding out. Everything still looked soldered with hot glue on the connections. I DO KNOW that even with the battery out, it can give a good shock when I put my fingers on some certain area of the computer board. (Need a smiley of smashing a camera here)