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Kevin wrote:- > Hi! > > In reference to the Suunto BAT warning... > > Note that I'm not contradicting Suunto's statments that you should > replace the battery when the BAT warning appears. However, here's some > history on my Solution. > > My solution is approx. 2 1/2 years old. After I got it, it worked for > over a year without requiring any (new) batteries. Finally the BAT > warning appeared and I took it into the shop to have new batteries put > into it. They replaced the batteries. The next day I was teaching a > class in the pool and the BAT warning came on. I finished that day in > the pool and had them change the batteries again. The next weekend the > BAT warning came on again, this time in the ocean. Once again it went in > for battery replacement. Once again, the next time it was immersed it > complained about batteries. Curiousity got the better of me and I've not > changed the batteries since. That was 3 months ago and it's still working fine. > > Note, though, that I _fully_expect_ that it will die in he middle of a > dive at any time. For the most part, I use my Solution as an expensive > depth gauge/bottom timer/profiler/log book and I plan _ALL_ my dives on > the dive tables, so having the computer die on my is no big deal (I have > backups with me at all times - do you?) > I have had exactly the same problem with my Suunto SME-ML. After changing the battery the battery warning apperared within a couple of weeks. I have a Suunto Solution-alpha now and dive with both computers. The battery warning ( on the newly replaced battery in the SME ) is still there and the computer has worked perfectly for the last 9 months. There must be a problem with either the servicing technicians, the service instructions or the battery warning. Cheers, Andy. ( Oh no... independant computers ! Get them manifolded on a common bus - preferably 3 computers with 2-from-3 poling :-) ). circuitry if this is a common problem. Suunto should look into it.
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