Speedstacks display interfering with timers?

[Pedro]

I'm posting here to see if someone else experienced something similar.

At Oficina Open we had many timer issues, with 0.05, 0.21, 0.34, etc. The problems seemed to disappear after we disconnected the displays from the timers...

At Agulhas Negras Open, for logistical reasons, no displays were used, and it seems that no timer had any problems (except for one turning off after hands were released, which was fixed by replacing the battery).

I don't remember having as many problems as at Oficina Open in other comps, so I was wondering if it happens for someone else.

All the displays were connected to the electrical net, no batteries used. I've heard that 110V nets can be more unstable than 220V, and at Oficina Open all of the sockets were 110V.

On the other hand, I can produce 0.02-0.08 times on purpose, using my old timer, just by "taking off the weight" from my hands. And no display connected to it. Maybe because it's old...I'll try a new one later.

Is there some experience on this matter?

 

[Bob]

I'm posting here to see if someone else experienced something similar.

At Oficina Open we had many timer issues, with 0.05, 0.21, 0.34, etc. The problems seemed to disappear after we disconnected the displays from the timers...

At Agulhas Negras Open, for logistical reasons, no displays were used, and it seems that no timer had any problems (except for one turning off after hands were released, which was fixed by replacing the battery).

I don't remember having as many problems as at Oficina Open in other comps, so I was wondering if it happens for someone else.

All the displays were connected to the electrical net, no batteries used. I've heard that 110V nets can be more unstable than 220V, and at Oficina Open all of the sockets were 110V.

On the other hand, I can produce 0.02-0.08 times on purpose, using my old timer, just by "taking off the weight" from my hands. And no display connected to it. Maybe because it's old...I'll try a new one later.

Is there some experience on this matter?

This happens with old timers. They become too sensitive such that hovering over the pad without touching it will cause the timer to recognize your hand. When this happens, I sell the timer for a discount and order more.

 

[Vincents]

We had these problems for a while. It seemed to us the problem was low batteries in the timers themselves; when displays were connected the timer had to output signal to the displays, and on a low battery, this was asking too much of the timers. Once we replaced the batteries in the Stackmats, the problems disappeared.

Also agree with Bob. Old timers get sensitive.

 

[Pedro]

How old? I have one from '07 and still works fine (and I use it a lot, for practice).

I'm gonna try changing all timers batteries at the day of the comp and see how it goes.

 

[Bob]

How old? I have one from '07 and still works fine (and I use it a lot, for practice).

I'm gonna try changing all timers batteries at the day of the comp and see how it goes.

It depends. Speedstacks only warranties them for 1 year. I, too, have some old timers that still work fine, but I have replaced a majority of my timers already.

 

[Pedro]

Actually this one says March 2008. But at the competition, some of the timers were borrowed from people, and I think they were not old.

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

Have you tried using the displays with batteries instead of the Mains supply?

 

[Pedro]

I have batteries (one set of 8) and used it sometimes, but don't remember if the timers had problems or not.

8 batteries is way too much...really expensive and heavy to carry.