suunto stinger diy battery change

[mark g]

found yesterday that the battery in my stinger was kaput and being on our way to sharm on sunday i had no time to send it back to suunto so did a bit of digging around and found this Smartinterface - Ihr Webshop für Tauchzubehör

and this http://www.smartinterface.de/downloa...luessel_uk.pdf

but didnt have enough time to get it sent from germany so i made my own bench for the casing to sit in consisting of four nails knocked into a piece of 3x2 and cut off with a grinder, the tool for removing the casing i made from a piece of flat steel about 5mm thick by 2 1/2 inch wide i drew around the casing of the stinger and then drilled 3 4.5mm holes to correspond with the lugs on the lunette of the computer on opposing sides ie like the corners of a triangle, i screwed 3 allen headed m5 x 20mm grub screws into the holes and left them protruding about 4mm on the other side then i fitted the casing into the holder and unscrewed the lunette, the battery is a cr2430 but i bought a battery and o ring kit for a suunto oxyspy the battery is the same and the o ring is the same one that goes under the glass of the stinger the most fiddly bit is getting the new o ring to sit in the groove under the glass face but its back together now at a total cost of a couple of hours and about £8

[Daz217]

Let us know if it floods

[eey_ore_9]

Bsac buddy did mine 12 months ago with a similar tool never flooded worked perfectly but now sold as i had to get a vytec .

[steve2056]

Thanks for the info Mark. I've got a Spyder with a dead battery and a Stinger that's not far behind. I will be ordering several battery and O rings and the tool.

Cheers

Steve

Old divers never die, they just go down on old wrecks

[mark g]

got my battery from here Oxyspy Replacement Battery, from DivePursuits in Analyser Accessories -
it comes with the o ring, you could probably get them from maplins or ebay though
forgot to say if you order the tool it appears to come with a battery and new o ring

[steve2056]

The battery can be obtained from Rapid Electronics: Rapid Electronics - Lithium coin cells

Costs 75p + VAT.

It's the O rings that are a bit more difficult. How did you know that the Oxyspy O ring would fit the Stinger? did you have one available to try?

Steve

[mark g]

i didnt know the o ring would fit i bought the kit for the battery it was just lucky that the ring was a perfect match for the stinger o ring

[mark g]

might be worth asking the suppliers of the tool if they can give a price for extra o rings, i looked through our local supplier and there was nothing that came close, if you need to order a job lot let me know and i will split the cost, away for 2 weeks though 9 days diving booked

[mark g]

Originally Posted by Daz217

Let us know if it floods

no flood and managed to pick up a few spare o rings from maison de la mer on the naama seafront

[Daz217]

Fairy Snuff,good job.