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Old 13-05-08, 11:30 AM
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Hi, went to a local inland lake yesterday and found that my compass was not working properly. It is an oil filled one I think and has developed an air bubble in it. The compass reads well on the surface but under water it doesn't. Any idea what I need to do, is it the bubble causing the problem and if so how to I fix this? Thanks.
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Old 13-05-08, 11:34 AM
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I'm afraid you have an ex-compass.

Once there's a significant ammount of air in the oil it becoimes compressible and will seize under water.

Sorry.
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I'm afraid you have an ex-compass.

Once there's a significant ammount of air in the oil it becoimes compressible and will seize under water.

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Going to Cornwall diving in a weeks time, anyone got a compass that fits a 3 gauge suunto console? And does anyone know which compass I need? Thanks.
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Suunto SK7 should fit the bill. They (all?) can be slightly fragile and don't respond well to having tanks etc. stood on them. They crack, a little oil seeps out and a compressible bubble oif air gets in.

Been there, done that.

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Ive broken 3 x SK7s in the last 12 months with the same problem
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Why do Suunto build such rubbish compasses?!!
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TBH I stay well away from console's now, all I have on my OC gear is a single contents gauge everything else is worn on my wrists or carried elsewhere out of harms way.

Plus I always found that I could never get a console compass in the correct position to use it comfortably.
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Why do Suunto build such rubbish compasses?!!
I think most people agree that they're very good. The SK7 is especially easy to use as it works with lots of tilt on its card but this does add to its vulnerability.

Silent Diver is right as far as the wrist mounting thing is concerned - many people move away from consoles toward seperate wrist-mounted compass and computer.

There's not much instrumentation that survives having tanks dumped on it.
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Why do Suunto build such rubbish compasses?!!
I think most people agree that they're very good. The SK7 is especially easy to use as it works with lots of tilt on its card but this does add to its vulnerability.

Silent Diver is right as far as the wrist mounting thing is concerned - many people move away from consoles toward seperate wrist-mounted compass and computer.

There's not much instrumentation that survives having tanks dumped on it.
Mark's right, these compasses are very good. I've had an SK-6 for over 20 years. It's wrist mounted though.
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