I sometimes wear my D6 as a daily wear watch as well as a dive computer. However it died on me, on the first day of my last dive trip (yes, I know, i should have pre-checked it).
Well, I was quoted about US$100 to change the battery here, via a dive shop out in Asia. No way. I got the battery and together with a US$ 10 set of Tork wrenches changed it myself.
However now, I realise there is a battery ('VARTA 1/2 AA 3V Lithium') within the reg transmitter unit itself. Wish I had have figured that last week, but that's life.
So now we're bang on Xmas, most things are shut, if not on holiday/slow-time. I HAVE ordered a replacement battery a few days ago, but don't know when it might arrive.
So this got me to wondering... what if it was only the coin-cell in the D6 itself that ran flat for me? What if this 'CR1/2AA' battery in the transmitter is ok, at least for one more trip?
Hence my question. Without getting my regs and the transmitter onto a pressurised tank (which I can't do here), is there a way of knowing if my D6 can link with the transmitter? I.e. whether the transmitter battery might have a little life in it yet? (as there's no way I can get a replacement 'CR1/2AA' at the remote little place we're headed to.
(i.e. Pretty big trip planned starting next week, and trying to figure out the simplest way to get my staple gear proven functioning. Can one test connectivity without a pressurised SCUBA tank, and if so how might one do it?).
Thanks!
Well, I was quoted about US$100 to change the battery here, via a dive shop out in Asia. No way. I got the battery and together with a US$ 10 set of Tork wrenches changed it myself.
However now, I realise there is a battery ('VARTA 1/2 AA 3V Lithium') within the reg transmitter unit itself. Wish I had have figured that last week, but that's life.
So now we're bang on Xmas, most things are shut, if not on holiday/slow-time. I HAVE ordered a replacement battery a few days ago, but don't know when it might arrive.
So this got me to wondering... what if it was only the coin-cell in the D6 itself that ran flat for me? What if this 'CR1/2AA' battery in the transmitter is ok, at least for one more trip?
Hence my question. Without getting my regs and the transmitter onto a pressurised tank (which I can't do here), is there a way of knowing if my D6 can link with the transmitter? I.e. whether the transmitter battery might have a little life in it yet? (as there's no way I can get a replacement 'CR1/2AA' at the remote little place we're headed to.
(i.e. Pretty big trip planned starting next week, and trying to figure out the simplest way to get my staple gear proven functioning. Can one test connectivity without a pressurised SCUBA tank, and if so how might one do it?).
Thanks!
