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>For those of you who caught the 1st installment, here's the conclusion >of the saga, which I feel obligated to post so as to clear up any suspected >wrong doing on the part of the vendor or manufacturer. > >On 9/30 I returned to the scene of my labor day dive test with the Beuchat >Aladin Maestro Pro mixed gas computer. For those who missed the first part, >this is the computer manufactured by Cochran industries and also sold as >the Nemisis II Nitrox. > >The computer had been returned to Beuchat in Ft. Lauderdale FL. at the request >of their service department, who contacted me directly by phone within days >of the original incident. I was promissed a replacement unit by 9/18 and >it was delivered slightly ahead of schedule. Dry land testing revealed >that both the TU and WU were in working order. I was told that the problem >with the original WU had been traced to a detached antenna, and that >Beuchat suspected damage during shipment due to rough handling. > >I installed the TU on the second (right side) HP port of my Scubapro >Mk15 regulator, leak tested it in my rinse tank (garbage can), and proceeded >to Monterey Ca. on the morning of the 30th at an ungodly hour. > >I did 2 dives with the unit, air to 100 feet and air to 60 feet. Dives >were seperated by a 1 hr surface interval. > >The computer performed flawlessly on both dives. The transmission range >problem was solved by installing the TU over my left shoulder and clipping >it to my BC inflator hose. Because I'm conditioned to reach for my gauges >with my left hand, I had to double back on the wire that connects the >pressure sensor to the computer on the TU, placing an unreasonable amount >of stress on the TU connection. I've decided to bite the bullet and move >my gauges to the right side HP port so as to take the stress off the TU >cable, but I would prefer a longer cable on the TU. Other than that, >I have no complaints. > >For anyone who cares, I have no financial interests in Beuchat or Cochran. >All of this was witnessed, and those witnesses are reading this account :). > >Scott. > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > Over the last year and a half I ahve been diving on the Cochran Nemesis Pro and Nemesis Nitrox. I too have had more than my fair share of problems with these units. I have managed to kill off 3 of them completely. But mostly my problems have been with TU / WU seperations and signal losses. Last weekend I was able to upgrade to the newer Nemesis Nitrox II units. And at long last I can now say that all of my problems are gone. I did not have ANY signal loss problems during the 10 hours of water time I had at the AAUS meeting. Christopher M. Parrett, President, Abysmal Diving Inc. Makers of ABYSS, Advanced Dive Planning Software. 6595 Odell Place, Suite G. Boulder CO, 80301 Ph, 303-530-7248, Fx, 303-530-2808 ftp://abysmal.com/users/abysmal http://www.emi.net/boynton/abyss/abyss.html
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