mbs
June 30th, 2009, 11:30 AM
My lds has apparently forgotten that our veo 180 and 200's have problems with some battery types... So last week was our first dives since service. 14th dive into the week and my wife's 180 displayed flashing low battery. Made 2 dives ok and replaced it with a new one and completed the week ok. The "bad" battery is a Lijia. Any EE's out there that can tell if the specs for this puppy should be ok for the oceanic computers. Here is the link: star企业产品发布v1.0测试版 (http://www.szlijia.com/en/cn/product_list.asp?articleid=74)
Next question. Short of actually opening the computer to check the brand of battery he put in is there any way for me to stress test it before a dive trip to make sure its ok? For example powering it on after getting it back from the lds and keeping it on (wet?) for a week? As I'm typing this I'm thinking it might just be easiest to open it up... What's interesting is both the 180 and the 200 were serviced at the same time and only the 180 had the problem.
Next question. Short of actually opening the computer to check the brand of battery he put in is there any way for me to stress test it before a dive trip to make sure its ok? For example powering it on after getting it back from the lds and keeping it on (wet?) for a week? As I'm typing this I'm thinking it might just be easiest to open it up... What's interesting is both the 180 and the 200 were serviced at the same time and only the 180 had the problem.