airizzy
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I have a Wisdom 2 that seems to be having a problem with sensing altitude.
Background story.
Last month I was diving at an elevation of 5600ft. The computer altitude code read LEV3. This made perfect sense especially with the low pressure system in the area. After entering the water and starting a descent the code changed to LEV2 and the dive was logged in that setting. After the surface interval prior to the next dive the computer again read LEV3 and once again switched to LEV2 during the decent. I thought it was odd but didn't think much of it.
Several weeks later I was diving at 4750ft. I never looked at the computer setting at that point because it was a 12ft deep pool and didn't need a depth gauge. Afterward I looked at the logged dives and saw that all of them had been logged with SEA. I had never seen SEA on my computer before. This was very odd. The computer had always shown LEV2 or LEV3 depending on the barometric pressure.
Even though I live at 4700ft now my computer will not leave SEA and the NDL times in the plan mode corresponds to the 0-2000 ft limit on the DSAT table in the manual. I took it to the dive shop and I was told it was sent to Sherwood for evaluation. I was told that a tech called and said that the computer was fine and I needed to read page 95 of the manual. The story my dive shop owner told me seemed to have a lot of holes in it and I got a vibe that the computer was never sent to Sherwood at all. I could be wrong, but I asked to see the service report and she said that she had no additional information.
As it stands now, I have a computer that computes sea level NDL times even though I am almost 5000ft. I don't trust it and that makes it worthless in my mind. So what is the next step. Is there something I don't understand? Do I need to send it back to Sherwood for further evaluation? Please help me understand.
Background story.
Last month I was diving at an elevation of 5600ft. The computer altitude code read LEV3. This made perfect sense especially with the low pressure system in the area. After entering the water and starting a descent the code changed to LEV2 and the dive was logged in that setting. After the surface interval prior to the next dive the computer again read LEV3 and once again switched to LEV2 during the decent. I thought it was odd but didn't think much of it.
Several weeks later I was diving at 4750ft. I never looked at the computer setting at that point because it was a 12ft deep pool and didn't need a depth gauge. Afterward I looked at the logged dives and saw that all of them had been logged with SEA. I had never seen SEA on my computer before. This was very odd. The computer had always shown LEV2 or LEV3 depending on the barometric pressure.
Even though I live at 4700ft now my computer will not leave SEA and the NDL times in the plan mode corresponds to the 0-2000 ft limit on the DSAT table in the manual. I took it to the dive shop and I was told it was sent to Sherwood for evaluation. I was told that a tech called and said that the computer was fine and I needed to read page 95 of the manual. The story my dive shop owner told me seemed to have a lot of holes in it and I got a vibe that the computer was never sent to Sherwood at all. I could be wrong, but I asked to see the service report and she said that she had no additional information.
As it stands now, I have a computer that computes sea level NDL times even though I am almost 5000ft. I don't trust it and that makes it worthless in my mind. So what is the next step. Is there something I don't understand? Do I need to send it back to Sherwood for further evaluation? Please help me understand.
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