I've had my Wisdom 2 for almost 2 years now and this has always kind of bugged me. I would like to know if there is a way to shut it off after a day of diving, instead of it sitting there killing my battery for 24 hours in "fly" mode till it shuts itself off. I have read the manual multiple times, and have been unable to find anything. Not sure if this is just a safety feature, so it cant be accidentally shut off while diving. I would just like to know if this feature is available.
Manually shutting off a Wisdom 2
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keesmon
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The amount of battery that it is "killing' is not much at all.
All it is doing is being a watch at that point.
I have the Wisdom 2 as well and have never seen a shutoff feature, but i haven't looked for it.
All it is doing is being a watch at that point.
I have the Wisdom 2 as well and have never seen a shutoff feature, but i haven't looked for it.
WetLens
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I've been diving a Wisdom 2 for three years now and have not seen a way to turn if off - not that I'd want to. The battery drain is minimal - as long as there is residual Nitrogen (Time to Fly), the unit will be on. You can always remove the battery...
If I was to just remove the battery I would lose all my logged dives. I really wanted to just to know if there was a way. It's not that big of a deal. What made me ask was I just installed a new battery and I checked the voltage of the new battery before I installed it and it was at 3.23v. I then checked the voltage of the old battery and it was at 3.0v, so if 3 tenths of a volt is the difference in fully charged and "dead", I would like to have this feature.
fisheater
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There are LOTS of things to worry about in this life. Turning off your dive computer's flytime countdown isn't one of them.
WetLens
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Pulling the battery will not have any affect on stored dives. I had a computer failure on a night dive last week. In order to get the computer back on line, I had to remove the battery. Worked fine over the next few days of diving.
Sherwood SCUBA rep.
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Page 104 of the owner's manual confirms it cannot be shut off manually. This is a safety feature and does not draw that much battery power.
Safe diving,
Team Sherwood
Safe diving,
Team Sherwood
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