Operating Instructions
6.5. SAC Display
The Surface Air Consumption (SAC)
display shows the average rate of
pressure change over the last two minutes,
normalized to as if at 1 ATA pressure�
Depending on the current units setting,
SAC is either displayed in PSI/minute or
Bar/minute�
Note that SAC is NOT transferable between tanks of different
sizes�
On the surface, the average SAC from the last dive is
displayed�
SAC
T1
16
PSI
min
FIGURE 24
During the first few minutes of a dive the SAC value is not
available, while the initial data is being collected for averaging
calculations� The SAC display will show "wait" during this time�
SAC is not displayed for the first few minutes of a
FIGURE 25
On surface, SAC is average from last dive
The average SAC from your last dive is shown when on the
surface� When a dive ends, you may notice the SAC value
suddenly changes� This is because the SAC display changes
from showing the SAC over the last two minutes (when in dive
mode) to showing the average SAC for the whole dive�
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SAC
16
PSI
min
SAC
T1
1 . 1
Bar
min
The SAC Display
SAC
T1
wait
dive
6.6. Mini Combination Display
A miniature combination display is
T1
available that packs more information into
a smaller space, at the expense of font
size�
Like the AI info line, the mini display
automatically changes its displayed
contents based on the current settings:
AI
GTR
Mini
Setting
Setting
Display
T1
Off
T13042
T2
Off
T21648
T13042
T1&T2
Off
T21648
T13042
GTR
T1
T1
SAC
T21648
GTR
T2
T2
SAC
T13042
T21648
T1&T2
T1
GTR
T13042
T21648
T1&T2
T2
GTR
T1
3042
GTR
45
SAC
16
45
16
23
17
The gray bar
45
indicates which
tank is used
for GTR/SAC
calculations.
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