Shinsen
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I just bought a used Platina RS-230 setup with an SCA-230 console.
All is well except the depth gauge face rotates freely on its own.
The adjusting screw on the right side moves the face back and forth just fine, but if you zero out the gauge and the console gets jostled (especially with the console facing down) sometimes the gauge face will rotate, so the needle is now not pointing at zero.
The mecahnical part of the depth gauge works fine. When diving I just have to make sure I zero it out on the surface, and take an extra second to be sure the face is "square" when I read it under water.
I opened it up to see if there was something loose or missing inside.
Having never seen another one opened up, I'm guessing there should be some type of very thin o-ring that goes in the cut-out around the edge of the dial face. This would press against the clear cover and hold the face against the adjusting gear with enough force so it won't turn freely. That's my theory and I'm sticking with it.
Any thoughts?
All is well except the depth gauge face rotates freely on its own.
The adjusting screw on the right side moves the face back and forth just fine, but if you zero out the gauge and the console gets jostled (especially with the console facing down) sometimes the gauge face will rotate, so the needle is now not pointing at zero.
The mecahnical part of the depth gauge works fine. When diving I just have to make sure I zero it out on the surface, and take an extra second to be sure the face is "square" when I read it under water.
I opened it up to see if there was something loose or missing inside.
Having never seen another one opened up, I'm guessing there should be some type of very thin o-ring that goes in the cut-out around the edge of the dial face. This would press against the clear cover and hold the face against the adjusting gear with enough force so it won't turn freely. That's my theory and I'm sticking with it.
Any thoughts?
