On May 8, 5:12 pm, "hemyd" <myd!!!...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> Ha! I'm glad you mentioned the Aldi. Mine did the 99kph bit, and random
> speed readings in between - all even when standing still. I communicated
> with the suppliers, a place in Switzerland (yes! Not in China!). A
> distinguished gentleman (at least I pictured him that way) informed me
that
> the meter can pick up interference from many sources. On further
> investigation I found that the random speeds were being generated by a
> blinking LED front light. I moved the light and the meter away from each
> other, and that fixed the fault - or so I thought. unfortunately there
was
> still the odd burst of random speed here and there, with the odometer
> advancing in time. Basically the unit can pick interference from a
variety
> of sources.
>
> I haven't returned the meter. I'm using the speedo in conjunction,
> currently, with the temperature meter. I've yet to see if the
temperature
> meter is picking up any readings from a nearby stove.... or volcano
> somehwre in the world.....
>
Hmmm... Sunspots perhaps, or magnetic resonations, or my heartbeat, or
that stove or volcano you mention. Maybe funny smells, or cicadas
drumming.
I was about to say that I've been out in the bush, well away from
civilisation, and still had 99 kmh speeds shown, despite being well
away from any potential interference, when I remembered my phone. I
guess that *could* be the cause of the problems - I never tested it by
riding without my phone (stored in my backpack). Bah. I'll either
spend more money for a decent wireless system, or weight until Aldi
has their wired computers on sale again - that one only failed due to
my own stupidity - I pulled out the wires removing it from the bike. I
did appreciate their temperature and individually resettable max speed
functions.
Tony F
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