mnjhuz76
Contributor
I had a somewhat similar experience. My transmitter was working fine, after 4 years and 300 dives on the same battery. I figured that, although I carry a spare battery around, since I was diving the Red Sea for a month, I would replace the battery. Put a new one in, and when I got on board the boat, transmitter dead. switched out batteries. Nada. Switched computers. Nothing. Looked inside the transmitter -- spotlessly clean, no corrosion. Between liveaboards in Hurghada, went to the Oceanic dealer there and they tried various things. Nothing. they said that I have to send it back to Oceanic (Pelagic) and that they have some sort of transmitter software that they can use to reset the transmitter or something. Bought a new transmitter there for $US 200! Thank you Dive Store! The moral of the story: Don't change your transmitter battery until you have to, travel with a spare transmitter or a gauge, and a spare battery.
I replaced the battery on my transmitter a couple of weeks ago and it works just fine. Maybe it's some kind of faulty batch. Are you guys using the Shearwater branded transmitter or some other? I'm using an Aqualung branded transmitter. I know, technically they are the same but maybe this helps breaking it down to a certain production batch.
Cheers,
Peter