Battery Problem I think

diverrob

CharlieT

Is Mike Fowler at AP?

Contacting the factory is the best thing you could do.

Charlie

dave burke

i had a battery problem on my vision with just 9hrs on unit, i turn unit on b1 b2 flat no dive, i put new batteries in and the unit came on, but i did not go diving as i am a newbie i did not want it to turn off at dive site so cancelled the day,i then got in touch with nicky at APD she sent me a battery upgrade, this i downloaded , since upgrade i have put 16hrs on new batteries, with out any problems,
this may be of some help to you, i do hope it is and like my self your problem can be sorted out with a simple battery upgrade
safe diving
dave

diverrob

Thanks I will give Nicky a ring. I hope she can help me out, I let the head sit with out batteries in it overnight and reassembled it in the AM and so far things seem to be OK. I am going to try a shallow dive with it this weekend. It seems strange for this to happen now I have had the unit since April 06 and have 90 dives with 60 hours on it and no problem like this has ever happened

Rob

Paz

I've had a similar problem with my Inspo. I set up and tested everything prior to a weekend's diving - fresh batteries and no problems with the checks. The weekend got blown out so the unit didn't even leave the house. A few weeks later I went up to the local quarry. Nothing needed doing to the unit as it was still set up from last time. I turned the unit on at the site and the batteries were flat. I replaced them and did the dive without incident. Back at home I cleaned eveything down and left the head to dry over the bannister. Later on my girlfriend told me the head was whining. She was right, there was a very quiet hum coming from the buzzer. After a couple of days of playing about with the head what I found was:

1. The handset wasn't completely turning off. You could just see a shadow of the LCD display if you held the handset at a sharp angle.

2. The buzzer was humming quietly (too quietly to be heard on a boat etc).

3. The only way to get the the buzzing to stop and the handset to come back on was to remove the batteries from the head.

4. Leaving the batteries out of the unit overnight cured things. I think there must be some sort of capacitor in the handset, as just removing the batteries and then putting them back in still meant the unit wouldn't shut down and come back on correctly.

The root of the problem seemed to be not holding the buttons down for long enough when turning the unit on or off. I now press and hold the buttons rather than a sort of short tap and don't have any problems.

joesympatico

That seems to be the root of the battery problems when the B1 battery is a little low . Always hold down the button down for a count of 3

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diverrob

I was aware of holding the button for a three count when flashing up but I did not know about doing the same when shutting down. Thanks and I will assume the new SOP .

Rob