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Pawel Szopinski · 31st May 2008, 22:22

This is the very first time I have experienced problems with my VR3. During the last 2 months the computer was absolutely spot on and became an invaluable tool since I have gone closed-circuit.

However, today's shallow dive in a quarry has risen a number of concerns over its stability and robustness.

I was clocking something in the region of 55 minutes and coming back to the surface from a dive to just about 22m when the VR3 decided to restart itself. It was pretty much looking like the battery lost contact as it showed the logo and asked to set the date etc.

I obviously lost all the dive and deco info which made me realise how important it is to have a backup computer or at least a gauge with a timer and tables or dive plan on the slates.

I normally write down the entire plan on the slates, but in the past I have dived few times just on the computer as most of us have done it and this scares the hell out of me now as at the time I did not have any backup with plenty of deco ahead of me – good old Suunto.

Anyway, without going into the whole debate why I was diving without a backup - a buddy with a computer/gauge/timer/whatever, what could have possibly caused the crash? The battery as well as the computer are brand new. I have also just opened the battery compartment and all contacts are in mint condition.

Any ideas?

31st May 2008, 22:22	#1 (permalink)
Pawel Szopinski RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 136	VR3 Spectrum C4 failure This is the very first time I have experienced problems with my VR3. During the last 2 months the computer was absolutely spot on and became an invaluable tool since I have gone closed-circuit. However, today's shallow dive in a quarry has risen a number of concerns over its stability and robustness. I was clocking something in the region of 55 minutes and coming back to the surface from a dive to just about 22m when the VR3 decided to restart itself. It was pretty much looking like the battery lost contact as it showed the logo and asked to set the date etc. I obviously lost all the dive and deco info which made me realise how important it is to have a backup computer or at least a gauge with a timer and tables or dive plan on the slates. I normally write down the entire plan on the slates, but in the past I have dived few times just on the computer as most of us have done it and this scares the hell out of me now as at the time I did not have any backup with plenty of deco ahead of me – good old Suunto. Anyway, without going into the whole debate why I was diving without a backup - a buddy with a computer/gauge/timer/whatever, what could have possibly caused the crash? The battery as well as the computer are brand new. I have also just opened the battery compartment and all contacts are in mint condition. Any ideas? Last edited by Pawel Szopinski : 31st May 2008 at 22:25.
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