>On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:42:59 -0500, Michael Doelle
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>ANdy wrote:
>>>Maybe the battery life sensing is different on the PROs; I know it is
>>notoriously difficult to accurately predict remaining charge for NiCad &
>>NiMh cells.<
>>I don't think the PROs *have* a real battery sensor. Appears to be a
>simple
>>countdown of some sorts.
>Now THAT puts the entire matter into the "speculation" mode!  :-)
>My response to Andy would have been, "I don't need to predict accurately
>the remaining battery charge".  As long as that thing RUNS, the battery
>is not dead.  It has been running for SEVERAL YEARS now.  Except for
>the couple times it "locked out" (which is unacceptable for ANY
>computer for any reason -- the built-in "drop dead" mode).
I would have been quite happy had the beast RUN, but it has never made it
to below 60% !!!!!!
I'll stick to Suunto in future.
Actually, TA has a Mares 'puter that takes a single AAA cell, you just put
a new one in every dive trip - easy.

Andy Johnson
Senior Product Support Specialist
UK Hardware Front Office
Basingstoke AL1C
Tel: 01256 34 1490 (Hunting Group 24hr)
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