So before taking off to Fiji I tested my less than a year-and-a-half Palm O2 analyzer (factory tested on April 24. 24, purchaed from on May 4, 24) on a 33% bottle at the house. Calibrated and read just fine. I get here to Fiji a few days later, now it only goes up to about 6.- or 7. - something, sometimes as high as 9, but that’s it.
Try to do a calibration and it reports “Err”. Change the batteries, same thing. No signs of damage or leaking to the cell. Unit had never seen much use, perhaps. Dozen or so cylinders analyzed I. The last year. With the cell being a little over a year and 3 months old, it seems like it should have plenty of life left.
It’s possible the power got turned on to it somehow and it stayed on for some time, but my understanding is that the sensor just huma along outputting its value regardless if the unit itself is on or off. Or is that not the case?
Unit lives in a little nylon case, not thrown off the boat or such. I’m pretty sure it was in my carryon bag, but if it was checked all my gear was in a Pelican 1615 so it was well protected. Can’t say for certain as once I started to unpack it was a flury of unpacking and sorting.
Of course warranty ran up after a year.
Try to do a calibration and it reports “Err”. Change the batteries, same thing. No signs of damage or leaking to the cell. Unit had never seen much use, perhaps. Dozen or so cylinders analyzed I. The last year. With the cell being a little over a year and 3 months old, it seems like it should have plenty of life left.
It’s possible the power got turned on to it somehow and it stayed on for some time, but my understanding is that the sensor just huma along outputting its value regardless if the unit itself is on or off. Or is that not the case?
Unit lives in a little nylon case, not thrown off the boat or such. I’m pretty sure it was in my carryon bag, but if it was checked all my gear was in a Pelican 1615 so it was well protected. Can’t say for certain as once I started to unpack it was a flury of unpacking and sorting.
Of course warranty ran up after a year.
