> I have the 76S and find it a great unit and its taken a couple of > dunkings without pausing. I've owned several Garmin units and it > sounds like you did get a lemon. > > Doug Jensen They made a number of lemons then. I have a 76S as well, and had it in my PFD pocket (powered on) and took a spill landing in one-footer's. Wasn't in deep or long, but the batts were shorted out and were dead 30 mins later. Lucky the unit wasn't flooded, so new batts and all was OK. I've taken to coating the battery compartment mating edges with silicone grease (dive shops have it) and that has helped. It won't take pressure tho. I'm about to cut up an innertube soon. C *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Feb 06 2004 - 14:21:59 PST
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