Skip next day's dives if computer battery dies?

[detroit diver]

That's precisely why he can keep diving....

 

[teknitroxdiver]

Yep.....

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[detroit diver]

Yep.....

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Where do you see those........?

 

[teknitroxdiver]

Oh....here and there.....

 

[mdsd]

On vacation ... no worries

Digital problems ... go analog >> tables, spg, depth gauge and a watch

rental gear ... problem solved

 

[RonFrank]

BEFORE a trip if you battery level was low. I *think* the Atmos II stores 200+ dives depending on how often you set it to measure STUFF.

So if you looked that the battery indicator, and it read full, you would be fine for a trip. I have an extra battery, and they can be replaced by the user.

Batteries have a VERY long shelf life, so if you take some minor precautions, you should NOT have to worry at all about such a scenerio. If your battery has been in the computer for more than a couple of years, even if full, you may want to replace it in any event to make sure it's not leaking before a trip.

Ron

Here's a senario I'd like some info on.

If I were on a multi-day, multi dive/day trip and my computer battery died what do I need to do (yes, I know, change the battery).

I think I have seen people indicate that you'd need to take a full 24 hours off to degass before starting to dive again with the computer. I can understand skipping any more dives that you would have done that day, however, let's assume it died after the last dive of the day (say 3 pm). By looking at the dive tables for surface interval I see that a 9+ hr SI will get you down to letter group A regardless of where you were at the start of the SI.

Looking at the dive table for repetitive dives you find that the residual nitrogen time for group A ranges from 3 minutes to 7 minutes. So, couldn't you dive on the following day using your computer and just adjust for this RNT?

I'm just trying to understand the logic for skipping the next day.