I went diving today and all of the other divers computers said the water temp was between 71F and 73F. My puck said it was 78!!! I have been looking online for either tech support or an answer to no avail... Any ideas anyone?
Puck Pro temperature pretty inaccurate
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They were all wrist units. The puck is a wrist as well.
5 degrees is a "budget" pdc is likely possible.... quite honestly, what difference is the temperature displayed in this order of magnitude (or range) going to make?
I dive where it is going to read 35-45 degrees - cold is cold, I really don't care of a 5 degree difference between my main PDC and the Puck back-up....
I dive where it is going to read 35-45 degrees - cold is cold, I really don't care of a 5 degree difference between my main PDC and the Puck back-up....
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It's not... Just seeing if this was a known issue or not.
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If you dive really cold water with a PDC that is signalling "low battery" at room temp, then you better be prepared to have it totally fail underwater. Twice for me. Went to my backup. Recovers nicely when rewarmed topside...
"issue" and "Mares" are synonymous.....
oh pardon me, I'm a little UI - I should have said "response" or "solution" rather than "known issue"......
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Yup...
If it's new, I'd get a replacement before just assuming it's a design flaw. Not that it'll change your diving but you did pay for a computer that claims to be able to measure water temperature.
What are the specs for accuracy range? What are the specs for the other model? If each are at the extremes, what is the difference? Is the reported result within that range? Again, what does it matter? I'd be more concerned as to the NDL calculations.....
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