What a Suunto Vyper looks like when you're dead

[altaskier]

If I dived this profile, I should be dead: 3+ days at 117 feet, followed by rapid ascent. (Real story is that my gear was on the bottom in Lake Michigan after a dive boat I was on capsized, and gear was brought up using lift bags). Fortunately there's a Suunto service center in Chicagoland, so that it can be checked out...

 

[ianr33]

That was quite a story!

I'm guessing the computer will reset itself after 24/48 hours??

 

[DevonDiver]

Looks like error/violation mode. It does that if you don't complete deco (which the computer most certainly had entered). It should reset to dive mode after 48 hours.

 

[Tortuga68]

Yeah, what they said - shouldn't be any damage, will reset after 48 hours SI. Battery might need replacing after racking up the equivalent of 100 recreational dives though, just check the battery strength indiator after it resets (displays a check value on startup)

 

[Heath Sapp]

That is what I dive with so I looked it up and book says 24 hours so Hopfully it will reset in 24 please let me know if it does and turns out ok.

 

[altaskier]

This was about 60 hours after the computer was surfaced, but this was more than your usual deco violation...

 

[ElChe]

I bought a similar Suunto, a Gekko which was found on the bottom of the sea after 1-2 days. It was a bargain and worked fine for 3 years so I think this Vyper will be OK as well. Anyway, the guy who sold first brought it to the local Suunto service.

 

[ianr33]

This was about 60 hours after the computer was surfaced, but this was more than your usual deco violation...

If it doesn't clear in a couple of days you might try removing the battery for a few minutes to reset it.

 

[Starcruiser]

Great story, and glad you got your gear back.

 

[bleeb]

Neat!

FWIW, I vaguely remember someone observing here on SB that the Suuntos were maintaining and calculating compartment N2 content up to a week after a serious dive series, even though it might normally have cleared to fly after 24h. In this case, although it's so far off what the algorithm is actually designed and tested for it's actually kind of funny, it might still be desaturating after a few days. Be an interesting experiment to just let it keep running, and maybe look at the N2 compartment loading every now and then, rather than popping the battery.