Predator Battery Life

[parzdiver]

I bought my Predator in May of last year. I have about 80 dives on it. I haven't had it powered on since January of this year (been dry too long).

Well, this evening, in preparation for diving this weekend, I attempted to power it on and..... nothing. My first assumption is the battery is dead. Since I don't have any spare 3.6v AA batteries, I'll have to get one tomorrow.

While I know battery life can vary greatly depending on use, is my experience normal or is there perhaps another problem?

I'll let you know if the battery fixes the problem tomorrow.

 

[CyprusSeb]

Of course there can always be something else until you get a new battery in there. However...mind lasted 98 dives, multiple firmware upgrades and log uploads (BT uses more power) prior to it warning me enough to where I changed the battery out. If I remember right it was advertised to last approx 100 dives.

Sebastian--

 

[parzdiver]

Well, here it is from the manual. Amazing the information you find when you actually READ those things.....

• Battery life of over 100 hours of diving or 1 year of standby

I think I need to add a battery to my SAD kit.

 

[parzdiver]

Just a quick update, the battery (about $10 at Radio Shack) worked. Did a dive yesterday and everything did what it was supposed to do.