Re: heart monitor failure?

[Byron Harward <byron@code-co.com>]

At 12:58 AM 3/13/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-03-13 00:16:24 EST, vanhove@unavco.ucar.edu writes:
>
><< Do heart monitors tend to give erratic readings when the battery gets low
> or do they just stop showing a pulse?   >>
>
>Both--but a loose electrode or flopping wire is the more likely cause of the
>former.
>
>ti

I have found that when I ride under high-tension power lines, I also get
erratic or very scary readings (220-240 at an easy trot). Moving away from
the lines solves the problem. Until I understood what caused it, I had a
lot of concern. (Unfortunately, one nice training trail I like follows
lines like this. I use the moniter to do test recoveries by moving out from
under; but during the ride I get no valid info.

FYI

Byron and Tzadik (Dad, you've got to know when to believe the moniter and
when to believe me!)